Martin Odegaard was left along with his knee in a brace and Declan Rice was compelled off with a again harm as Arsenal’s harm issues intensified throughout their 2-0 win over West Ham.
The Gunners went prime of the Premier League due to Rice’s opener and a Bukayo Saka penalty on the Emirates Stadium however the win got here at a price as Odegaard and Rice needed to be withdrawn.
Odegaard, who had solely not too long ago returned from a shoulder downside, lasted simply half an hour, changing into the primary participant in Premier League historical past to be substituted earlier than half-time in three consecutive begins when he was changed by Martin Zubimendi following a collision with Crysencio Summerville.
“He had a clash knee-to-knee and immediately he was uncomfortable,” mentioned Arteta in his press convention.
“I just spoke to him and he’s not positive about it. He’s got a brace on. We’ll have to wait and see from the doctors.”
Arteta was equally downbeat about Rice, who was clutching his again when he made approach for Mikel Merino within the 79th minute having opened the scoring along with his first purpose of the marketing campaign.
“He’s not alright because he asked me to come off, so that’s a shame,” mentioned Arteta.
“He had a pain in his back and he could not carry on, which is something very unusual for Declan, so we’ll have to assess him and see how he is.”
Arsenal’s prolonged harm listing
It stays to be seen whether or not Odegaard and Rice will be capable of report for worldwide responsibility with Norway and England respectively however their accidents are simply the most recent to have an effect on Arsenal this season.
The Gunners are already with out Noni Madueke, Kai Havertz, Piero Hincapie and Gabriel Jesus, whereas William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Ben White and Christian Norgaard have additionally had spells out.
Arsenal have suffered at the least one harm in all however one in every of their seven Premier League video games thus far this season.
Arsenal’s Declan Rice gave the impression to be in discomfort when he went off
Odegaard’s harm is especially irritating following spectacular shows towards Newcastle and Olympiakos. The 26-year-old additionally needed to come off in earlier video games towards Leeds and Nottingham Forest.
“We haven’t had him since the start of the season for one reason or the other, the shoulder twice and then this injury,” added Arteta.
“We have to wait and see the extent of that injury.
“We’ll discover options however clearly our captain is at a spot that provides us a totally totally different dimension with the issues that he can do, particularly in assault. Hopefully it isn’t that unhealthy.”
Arsenal resume their Premier League marketing campaign away to Fulham, after the worldwide break, in a sport which is reside on Sky Sports activities on Saturday October 18.
