Four injured in a week! Arteta laments Arsenal’s injury crisis superpg1688

superpg1688 Arsenal boss Miguel Arteta has admitted the club are struggling with defensive injuries after losing Gabriel Magalles and Jurrien Timber in the 2-1 win over Fulham on Tuesday.

The Gunners continued to collect three points, with Bukayo Saka scoring a goal after returning from injury as a substitute in the 73rd minute to make it 2-0, ultimately leading the team to victory. superpg1688

However, in this game, they lost Magalles and Timber, especially the former who has a hamstring injury. To make matters worse, the team recently lost Riccardo Calafiori who was injured in the international game against Italy, and Ben White who also had a knee injury, all of which happened within a week.

“It’s a beautiful moment to see how much our people love, respect and admire Bukayo,” Arteta said.

“The best example is his reaction. As soon as he scored, what did he do? He went straight to the stadium and thanked the sports scientists, the physios who worked hard and everyone who was involved in his recovery process. He made a big announcement to the whole stadium.

“The negatives from the game are Gabi (Magalhaes) and Jurrien, I don’t know yet how they are, we will assess them tomorrow to understand their condition better. There are two players in the team who never want to be substituted, and those are them. Maybe Gabi felt something in his hamstring, Jurrien had something in the beginning of the game, he could continue playing but at some point he could not continue playing.

“Calafiori, Ben White, Jurrien and Gabriel Magalles – you can imagine [how he feels] with four players in defence missing in a week. We still have four more who are ready to give their all to do their job.” ( superpg1688 )

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