Bukayo Saka handed Mikel Arteta an almighty fear heading into the largest recreation of Arsenal’s season to date, the England worldwide limping off within the first half of his facet’s Champions League match in Lens. With simply over half an hour performed in France, Saka went down clutching what gave the impression to be his thigh. Inside moments he was making his method off the sphere to get replaced by Fabio Vieira.
With the go to of Manchester Metropolis to come back on Sunday, one other knock to Saka may scarcely be worse timed. Arteta, nonetheless, will wonder if it was essential to gamble on the health of one among his most devastating forwards, one who has now come off early with knocks in every of Arsenal’s final three video games.
Talking earlier than the sport, Arteta had instructed that the younger ahead “recovered properly” from the problem that was picked up in a 4-0 win over Bournemouth. He has beforehand said that gamers of Saka’s high quality, “the highest gamers on the planet,.., play 70 matches and each three days and make the distinction and win the sport.”
Saka had already made a distinction on the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, pouncing on a free go out of protection and slipping Gabriel Jesus via for the opener. Ten minutes later Lens drew stage as Adrien Thomasson transformed a fantastic transfer after a free go by David Raya.
