Arsenal get huge injury boost for Man City showdown after latest scare

Tony MoganPublished Sep 16, 2024, 7:10pm|Updated Sep 16, 2024, 7:11pm

Bukayo Saka is expected to beryllium acceptable for Arsenal’s play showdown against Manchester City after limping disconnected successful the northbound London derby win implicit Tottenham.

The Gunners secured different triumph implicit their arch-rivals connected Sunday with Gabriel Magalhaes powering location a header to seal each 3 points connected force turf.

There was interest for Saka nevertheless with the winger replaced aft 86 minutes with 17-year-old Ethan Nwaneri brought onto regenerate him.

Saka, who provided the assistance for Gabriel’s winner, went down aft nary wide interaction and required attraction connected the transportation earlier hobbling disconnected moments later.

Arsenal are dealing with a fig of wounded problems with Martin Odegaard suffering an ankle wounded portion connected planetary work with Norway past week. Mikel Merino is sidelined with a enarthrosis wounded with Oleksandr Zinchenko joining Takehiro Tomiyasu and Kieran Tierney connected the injured database with Riccardo Calafiori different to instrumentality from the planetary interruption with a knock.

But Saka’s withdrawal connected Sunday was owed to cramps with Arsenal assured helium volition marque a afloat betterment this week, the Evening Standard report.

Arsenal statesman their Champions League run distant to Atalanta connected Thursday earlier their travel to the Etihad connected Sunday afternoon.

Mikel Arteta revealed aft the triumph astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium that Saka had asked to beryllium taken off.

‘Suddenly helium went down and said helium couldn’t proceed and we had to instrumentality him off,’ Arteta told Sky Sports.

He added successful a post-match property conference: ‘I don’t know. I made 2 changes with the beforehand players and abruptly he’s down. I don’t cognize precisely what it is but helium could not continue.’

Arteta did not springiness an update connected Odegaard’s information but volition talk to the media connected Wednesday earlier the squad alert retired to Italy.

Arsenal person won 3 of their opening 4 games of the caller Premier League season, dropping points astatine location to Brighton anterior to the planetary break.

City person started their defence of the rubric with a cleanable tally of 4 wins from four, scoring 11 goals successful the process.

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