Saka objective a 'gorgeous moment' but personal injury anxieties for Arsenal

Mikel Arteta will not feel his lousy luck.

In exactly the same match as critical participant Bukayo Saka scored on his long-awaited return from damage, the Arsenal manager dropped One more in centre-back again Gabriel in advance of their Champions League quarter-remaining against Real Madrid subsequent week.

The Brazil defender limped off in the very first fifty percent of Tuesday's 2-1 win against Fulham with a hamstring injury - an issue which includes plagued the Gunners squad this time, with ahead Kai Havertz's year finished by an identical difficulty and Saka sidelined for one hundred and one days.

To add to Arteta's defensive problems, Netherlands Intercontinental Jurrien Timber also needed to be withdrawn in opposition to Fulham using a knee damage, whilst Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori were dominated away from the game with knee difficulty.