Mikel Arteta says Riccardo Calafiori’s suspected knee damage is “not great news” for Arsenal forward of Sunday’s crunch sport towards Liverpool within the Premier League – dwell on Sky Sports activities.
Arsenal’s laboured 1-0 Champions League win over Shakhtar Donetsk on the Emirates was overshadowed by Calafiori having to return off injured within the second half after an ungainly fall.
Left-back Calafiori, changed by teenager Myles Lewis-Skelly, is the most recent participant on Arsenal’s rising record of potential absentees forward of an enormous sport within the league towards leaders Liverpool.
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“He had to come off because he felt something,” Arteta stated of Calafiori after the sport. “I don’t know the extent of it so in that sense not great news.”
Calafiori got here off within the second half with a suspected knee damage
Arsenal might be with out William Saliba in defence via suspension after his pink card within the league defeat at Bournemouth, whereas Jurrien Timber has not performed for the reason that begin of the month as a consequence of an damage.
Arteta can also be unable to name on defensive duo Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney due to long-term damage points, leaving him with restricted choices towards Liverpool if Calafiori and Timber are unable to get well in time.
Martin Odegaard is one other that is still out, whereas Bukayo Saka has missed the final two video games with a hamstring drawback, picked up with England. His damage standing might be an enormous focus within the coming days.
Arteta didn’t appear hopeful about Saka’s possibilities earlier than the sport. “I don’t know, he wasn’t able to train yet, so that’s unlikely,” he advised Amazon Prime.
Ben White was eliminated at half-time towards Shakhtar after choosing up a reserving and Arteta clarified after the sport that this was solely finished to forestall one other sending off for his facet, slightly than due to an damage.
“It was my decision to take him out,” stated Arteta. “He had a yellow card and we’ve played enough with 10 men in recent periods. They had a lot of density on that side, a lot of players on that side, so I didn’t want to take any chances there.”
Arteta: ‘Drained’ Arsenal might be flying come Sunday
Arsenal gamers have a good time taking the lead towards Shakhtar Donetsk via an personal objective
Arsenal appeared “tired” by their very own supervisor’s admission towards Shakhtar, hardly encouraging forward of the go to of Liverpool, however he’s assured that his facet might be re-energised by Sunday.
“We played two nights ago with players coming from internationals after flying from Brazil and many countries,” stated Arteta, requested if he was involved the fatigue would influence the Liverpool sport.
“I was expecting a bit of a drop off. And the fact that we put so much in the first half and didn’t get the distance in terms of the scoreline, I think we paid a bit for that.
“Then we made life tougher for us as a result of we began give the ball away in not the proper areas after which it was extra open. That did not assist. However now we have now 4 days. Imagine me, come Sunday we’ll be flying.”
He added: “We’ll overview, have a break day, then two days to organize the sport. Sunday is way and we’re greater than comfy that we’ll be in the proper place.”
Arsenal’s upcoming fixtures
Liverpool (H) – Premier League – Sunday, October 27 – dwell on Sky Sports activities
Preston North Finish (A) – Carabao Cup – Wednesday, October 30 – dwell on Sky Sports activities
Newcastle United (A) – Premier League – Saturday, November 2
Inter Milan (A) – UEFA Champions League – Wednesday, November 6
Chelsea (A) – Premier League – Sunday, November 10 – dwell on Sky Sports activities
Nottingham Forest (H) – Premier League – Saturday, November 23
Sporting Lisbon (A) – UEFA Champions League – Tuesday, November 26
West Ham United (A) – Premier League – Saturday, November 30 – dwell on Sky Sports activities
