For the primary time this season, Arsenal’s wonderful marketing campaign faces uncertainty.
So as to add harm to insult, midfielder Thomas Partey was withdrawn within the first half with an obvious harm.
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Supervisor Mikel Arteta confirmed afterwards that Partey was struggling.
He stated: “He had some discomfort and it was getting worse and worse. He was uncomfortable to proceed. (Saturday) or the day after he can have an MRI scan and see what he has.”
Ought to Partey be unavailable for an extended spell, it might be a major blow to the Gunners’ Premier League title hopes.
The 29-year-old has began 16 video games within the league this season – of which they’ve received each single one – and is an important a part of league-leading Arsenal’s workforce.
Arteta admitted as a lot after the Manchester Metropolis match, observing the affect of his absence.
He stated: “It’s true Thomas is an enormous affect and an enormous character and within the second half we did not have him.”
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The timing of the harm just isn’t superb in one other sense, provided that fellow Arsenal midfielder Mohamed Elneny faces an extended interval on the sidelines following an harm suffered in coaching.
Arteta had already hinted at shifting for midfield cowl within the January switch window following Elneny’s harm, and can absolutely now solely be extra motivated to maneuver for reinforcements.
Earlier than Friday’s match, Arteta stated: “We want some extra cowl in midfield ideally if we will. On this promote it’s fairly sophisticated to try this. An important factor is that we get the performances and the time on the pitch that we’d like with the gamers we have now out there right this moment which might be already actually good.”
Arsenal’s reported push for Brighton midfielder Moises Caicedo suits the invoice of a participant who may each present cowl and compete for a beginning place if and when the injured gamers return.
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