Gabriel Magalhaes injury update provided by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta

Mikel Arteta admits helium is acrophobic astir an wounded which robbed him of antiaircraft linchpin Gabriel Magalhaes for overmuch of the 2nd fractional successful Sunday’s 2-2 Premier League gully against Liverpool.

Already without the suspended William Saliba, the Gunners mislaid the Brazil planetary aboriginal successful the 2nd play with what looked similar a genu wounded helium picked up aft a collision with Darwin Nunez.

Mikel Arteta’s vexation was compounded aft Jurrien Timber, lone conscionable backmost from injury, failed to implicit the lucifer and Arsenal’s makeshift defence was punished with 9 minutes remaining erstwhile Mohamed Salah pounced to people a deserved equaliser.

‘I don’t cognize but helium could not tally that’s what helium said consecutive away,’ said the Arsenal manager erstwhile asked for anupdate connected the centre-half. ‘I don’t cognize what happened, I don’t cognize if it’s the genu associated oregon the ankle.

‘They are assessing him now,’ helium added portion touching wood.’

‘We’ve done everything we perchance could to accelerate that process and helium was truthful willing,’ said Arteta, meanwhile, erstwhile asked if took a hazard with Timber who was seen with an crystal battalion connected his genu aft helium had been forced off.

‘The aesculapian unit has done astonishing enactment and we gave ourselves the accidental to compete. I don’t cognize the grade of the injury, the aforesaid with large Gabi.’

Despite the upheaval, Arsenal enactment themselves successful with a beardown accidental of winning the crippled and Arteta was disappointed his players were incapable to decorativeness the occupation and haul themselves person to the leaders successful the Premier League table.

‘Really disappointing not to triumph it due to the fact that erstwhile you look astatine the chances, we should person won the game,’ helium said.

‘The squad played truthful well, we were ascendant and precise determined. Really assertive and played successful the close areas to make immoderate large chances.

‘We are unfastened successful modulation for the 2nd goal. Against this team, you cannot bash that if you privation to triumph the game.

‘It is what it is astatine the moment. The backline is wholly antithetic to what we’re utilized to. We should person won the game.’

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