Mikel Arteta Confirms Two Huge Arsenal Injury Blows After Victory Over Burnley

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Viktor Gyökeres and Martín Zubimendi some near Arsenal’s 2–0 triumph complete Burnley connected Saturday pinch wounded issues, head Mikel Arteta has revealed.

Goals from Gyökeres and Declan Rice got nan occupation done for Arsenal successful convincing fashion, pinch nan Gunners creating a number of bully chances from unfastened play which has not ever been easy for Arteta’s broadside successful caller weeks.

While nan triumph saw Arsenal move 7 points clear astatine nan apical of nan array up of Bournemouth’s gathering pinch Manchester City connected Sunday, it was not each affirmative for nan Gunners. Gyökeres did not return for nan 2nd half, earlier Zubimendi limped disconnected pinch astir 15 minutes remaining.

“Before that I deliberation [Gyökeres] was 1 of nan champion games he’s played,” Arteta said. “I deliberation wide his capacity was exceptional. A portion of nan goal, and we had to return him disconnected because he was emotion a small niggle. So we’ll person to hold and see.”

Speaking to Match of nan Day, Arteta confirmed Gyökeres’s title was muscular. “We person to hold to study nan grade of that,” he concluded.

A akin rumor struck down Zubimendi successful nan 2nd half, pinch Arteta adding: “He asked to beryllium subbed, truthful we'll person to hold and see.

“Muscular, yes. I don’t know. Muscular, yeah.”

Arteta was afloat of praise for Viktor Gyökeres. / James Gill/Danehouse/Getty Images

While Arsenal’s power of nan crippled faded successful nan 2nd half, they seldom felt nether unit arsenic they comfortably repelled Burnley’s threat. That protect capacity pleased Arteta, but nan leader wanted to support nan attraction connected nan ascendant quality of their first-half showing, led by Gyökeres successful attack.

“His precocious press, his position and his touches, his threat successful behind, nan measurement he linked play, nan measurement he gets america from these situations to modulation moments...” Arteta beamed. “A lot. I deliberation he was successful a really bully moment. It’s a shame that he felt something.

“I deliberation we started nan crippled exceptionally well. I deliberation nan first half was 1 of nan champion that we’ve played. Scored 2 goals, generated different 2 aliases 3 large chances and conceded nothing.

“That was a level because successful nan 2nd half we dropped nan standard, particularly pinch nan shot and pinch our intentions to return much risks, to play much forward. But again, defensively, we were exceptional.”