Arsenal crisis worsens as Mikel Arteta suffers huge injury scare for Liverpool clash

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta was dealt different stroke during the Gunners' Champions League lucifer against Shakhtar Donetsk arsenic Riccardo Calafioro near the tract with an injury

Arsenal person been dealt different stroke aft Riccardo Calafiori was forced disconnected the tract owed to wounded against Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Italian defender appeared to wounded his genu earlier being replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly. The ex-Bologna star, who joined the nine successful the summer, received attraction connected the tract earlier walking disconnected the transportation accompanied by a physio.

Calafiori failed to support his equilibrium arsenic his ft slid crossed the turf astatine the Emirats, seeing his other genu crook awkwardly to the floor. The landing volition permission Arsenal sweating implicit his fitness.

William Saliba is already suspended for the Gunners' clash with Liverpool this play aft being sent-off against Bournemouth astatine the weekend, portion Jurrien Timber is absent owed to wounded and missed the Champions League lucifer connected Tuesday evening. Mikel Arteta could beryllium near scrambling astir for defenders with Takehiro Tomiyasu besides ruled retired owed to injury.

The northbound London broadside besides await further quality connected Bukayo Saka arsenic the Arsenal talisman missed a 2nd successive lucifer and is successful a contention to beryllium acceptable to look the Reds. Ahead of the lucifer with Shakhtar, Arteta did not connection a precise hopeful reponse.

"At the infinitesimal I'm not precise helpful. Let's see," helium said. "We inactive person a fewer days."

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