Saka aim a 'lovely second' but injury problems for Arsenal

Saka aim a 'lovely second' but injury problems for Arsenal

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Mikel Arteta will not likely believe his terrible luck.

In exactly the same match as vital player Bukayo Saka scored on his extended-awaited return from harm, the Arsenal supervisor shed another in centre-back Gabriel just before their Champions League quarter-closing from Serious Madrid next week.

The Brazil defender limped off in the very first fifty percent of Tuesday's 2-1 win towards Fulham using a hamstring damage - a problem that has plagued the Gunners squad this period, with forward Kai Havertz's season finished by an analogous trouble and Saka sidelined for a hundred and one times.

So as to add to Arteta's defensive anxieties, Netherlands Global Jurrien Timber also had to be withdrawn towards Fulham having a knee damage, whilst Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori were dominated away from the game with knee problems.