Arsenal set for anxious wait as star undergoes knee scan after training injury

Arsenal's wounded problems proceed to stack up with Myles Lewis-Skelly having to acquisition a scan connected his genu aft the teen failed to decorativeness grooming connected Tuesday

Arsenal defender Myles Lewis-Skelly volition person to acquisition a scan connected a genu contented and volition is simply a large uncertainty for the clash with Wolves connected Saturday.

The teen picked up the wounded during the draw against Aston Villa past weekend, but was capable to decorativeness successful the game, earlier it flared up during grooming connected Tuesday afternoon. He couldn't decorativeness the league and was an absentee for the win implicit Dinamo Zagreb.

Lewis-Skelly has been 1 of the team's biggest occurrence stories this word and went from a mostly chartless quantity for a regular successful the starting XI. He's the latest merchandise of the club's academy but could present adhd to an wounded list, which continues to grow.

Arteta said: “I americium not definite [if Lewis-Skelly volition beryllium acceptable to look Wolves connected Saturday]. He jarred his genu successful the crippled against Villa and helium thought it was good erstwhile helium finished the game. The adjacent time it wasn’t atrocious and past yesterday helium wasn’t feeling right, and truthful helium started the league and helium wasn’t feeling good. So, we request immoderate much tests tomorrow. Hopefully it is thing big, but the games are coming precise fast.”

Lewis-Skelly has continued to person immense praise from those astir him. Mikel Arteta has hailed his maturity whilst Declan Rice precocious sang him praises aft the northbound London derby win.

The 18-year-old has kept much established members of the squad retired of the starting line-up specified person been his performances but helium could springiness Arteta different enactment headache with immoderate large names already missing.

William Saliba precocious picked up an contented and is going to beryllium retired for a fortnight. Further up the transportation and Gabriel Jesus, who picked up an ACL wounded astatine the commencement of the month, volition miss the remainder of the play whilst Bukayo Saka could beryllium retired for months.

Despite being without those names the Gunners ran retired comfy winners against Dinamo to each but unafraid a spot successful the past 16 of the Champions League. They beryllium 3rd successful the league signifier of the competition, with lone a immense plaything successful extremity quality capable to contradict them a top-eight finish.

Declan Rice opened the scoring for them against the Croatian side, needing conscionable 2 minutes to breach their goal, earlier Kai Havertz and Martin Odegaad recovered the nett aft the interruption to circular disconnected a comfy nighttime for the northbound London outfit.

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