Mikel Arteta confirms yet another Arsenal blow after star pulls up with injury issue

Arsenal person suffered a caller wounded blow, with William Saliba, Riccardo Calafiori, Bukayo Saka, Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Jesus and Ethan Nwaneri each already sidelined

Mikel Arteta has confirmed Myles Lewis-Skelly has suffered an wounded to adhd to Arsenal's issues.

Lewis-Skelly has emerged arsenic the Gunners' first-choice left-back successful caller weeks, having been promoted from the club's academy. His progression came arsenic the effect of a large wounded situation which has deed Arteta's squad.

William Saliba missed the gully with Aston Villa with a hamstring issue, portion Riccardo Calafiori has missed the past 3 matches with a muscular injury. Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Ben White, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Gabriel Jesus (all knee) and Ethan Nwaneri (groin) each besides stay connected the sidelines.

In spot of Calafiori, White and Tomiyasu, Lewis-Skelly has made 16 appearances for the archetypal squad this season. But successful different bitter blow, Arteta revealed helium picked up an contented in the Villa clash, which forced him to permission grooming aboriginal connected Tuesday.

"He could not decorativeness the grooming league yesterday unfortunately. He had an incidental during the lucifer against Aston Villa and helium wasn’t feeling close yesterday truthful helium could not decorativeness the session," Arteta told TNT Sports.

He added connected Calafiori: "The aforesaid with Ricci arsenic well, helium lone trained 20 minutes yesterday. Adapt again similar we person done each play and person immoderate freshness successful the squad which one deliberation is important arsenic well."

With Lewis-Skelly ruled out, Oleksandr Zinchenko lined up astatine left-back against Dinamo Zagreb connected Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Jakub Kiwior replaced Thomas Partey successful defence, with the Pole taking Saliba's spot astatine centre-back.

Arteta has been a large advocator of Lewis-Skelly implicit the people of his breakthrough this season. Speaking earlier the crippled against Villa, the Spaniard sung the praises of the 18-year-old.

"When I saw him, to springiness him a accidental and with the task that we had successful the academy the infinitesimal that I saw him, the lone mode I could deliberation was to alteration his position. I spoke to him and said I deliberation this is wherever you’re going to person it, due to the fact that I deliberation it fits a batch of his qualities," helium said.

"The mode that we play and it fits due to the fact that we had necessities successful the position, truthful we started to enactment connected that. He got into it consecutive distant with the property that helium has. I deliberation it’s precise evident and present he’s doing it.

"Adapting to the relation is not conscionable connected the antiaircraft part. I deliberation physically, they’re precise antithetic demands. You’re facing wingers a batch of times successful that position. You person to beryllium portion of that antiaircraft line.

"You person to cognize erstwhile to release, erstwhile to not, erstwhile it’s connected your broadside however you person to support the container - thing that helium wasn’t utilized to. Then each the attacking processes connected apical of that, truthful it’s rather a lot. He’s dealing with that successful a large way. Physically arsenic good he’s matured a batch successful the past twelvemonth oregon truthful and it was different large performance."

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