Arsenal face 'large miss' in contemporary damage blow as Mikel Arteta informed actuality of scenario
View 2 PhotosFormer Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy reckons Arsenal's best check now lies in managing with out Declan Rice. The midfielder appeared to select up a calf downside in the course of the closing levels of Wednesday's 2-0 victory over Brentford on the Emirates Stadium.
He hobbled off with seven minutes remaining, with Viktor Gyokeres taking his place. Discussing the knock, Mikel Arteta commented: "Clearly it's by no means excellent news. Declan needed to come off. We don't know. Now we have to see tomorrow what he's received. He can stroll. He can not play.
"The factor is, he's performed quite a lot of minutes however as nicely, now we performed Wednesday evening and we’ve to play Saturday morning as nicely."
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Arsenal are already battling quite a few health issues, with Gabriel Magalhaes, William Saliba, Leandro Trossard and Kai Havertz all on the remedy desk.
Rice and Cristhian Mosquera turned the latest casualties after each departed in the course of the Brentford conflict.
Talking on Match of the Day, Murphy highlighted that the Gunners will now face a real examination following their current damage woes.
View 2 Photos"Brentford truly did nicely within the second half however Arsenal's power and depth is admittedly, actually good and it's going to be examined now with the accidents we've seen," the 48 yr previous remarked.
Presenter Gabby Logan then added: "Unbeaten in 18 in all competitions, eight out of ten video games with a clear sheet however if you've misplaced Saliba, Gabriel, Mosquera went off tonight, Rice went off tonight as nicely.
"This appears to be like prefer it's going to be one of the testing durations for them when it comes to maintaining that relentlessness and that problem."
Murphy counseled the backline's show beneath the circumstances, although he highlighted Arsenal face a serious check of their depth ought to Rice be absent towards third-placed Aston Villa on Saturday.
"They've coated the defence fairly nicely in current occasions after they've had accidents, and I believe Saliba, is near coming again in order that's not as large an issue," he added.
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"We haven't seen this Arsenal group cope with out Rice but, so if he’s injured within the calf is an issue and we'll see how they adapt to that.
"That's going to be an enormous miss if he’s lacking for the Aston Villa sport on Saturday."
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