Arteta concedes Saka’s injury ‘doesn’t look good at all’

Mikel Arteta confessed Bukayo Saka’s injury “doesn’t look good”indicating the jam-packed calendar as a possible factor.

Toolbox originated from behind to make a late 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich, with Declan Rice scoring an 82nd-minute equaliser.

Eberechi Eze, Saka’s replacement, had actually offered the Gunners the lead before Harry Kane established Alphonso Davies to level ball game and after that put Bayern in front from the charge area.

This was just the 2nd time Arsenal have actually scored initially, fallen back, however then prevented defeat in a European Cup/Champions League match, and the other was likewise a 2-2 draw with Bayern in April 2024.

In spite of the favorable outcome, it was spoiled by Saka’s exit in the 10th minute after he brought up while attempting to play a regular pass, and Arteta sounded cynical about the injury.

“They are a bit concerned,” Arteta informed TNT Sports.

“A player who has to come off with a really sharp pain is never good news, but we have to wait and see.”

Asked in his interview if the stressful schedule played its part, Arteta included: “Against Lille, he didn’t begin the video game. He began the video game at the weekend. And after that it’s really early in this video game.

“The level of strength these video games need is something amazing. You might see what took place in the PSG-Barcelona video game. This is man-to-man for 96 minutes. Every action. There’s no breathing.

“The strength, the quality, the attention, the level that you require boggles the mind due to the fact that it’s the greatest level.

“Those things happen, unfortunately. It doesn’t look good at all, but we have to wait and see.”

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No Premier League side has actually had more objective contributions from replacements in all competitors this season than Arsenal (5 objectives, 4 helps), with Eze scoring and Viktor Gyokeres helping off the bench versus Bayern.

It was one of their beginners, Rice, who had the definitive say as he netted his 6th Champions League objective, though this was his very first away from home.

He has actually likewise been associated with 5 objectives in his last 8 video games in all competitors (one objective, 4 helps).

“When you play against teams who are man-to-man all over the pitch, you have to apply certain principles,” Rice informed TNT Sports.

“They follow you all over the pitch, however I lost my male, and I simply kept running and lost my runner, and after that I was in on the objective. Delighted. Gyokeres has actually been making such an excellent effect coming off the bench. He made some terrific runs and set me up for the objective.

“It is what the manager has drilled into us. We aren’t just going to come here and sit. At home, they are probably one of the best teams in Europe, so to come here and give that account of ourselves was really good. We have to keep going.”