Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed that winger Bukayo Saka will be sidelined for a couple of weeks after suffering a hamstring injury.
Saka, scored his first goal of the season with a stunning first half strike in last weekend’s 5-0 win over Leeds United, before limping off with an apparent injury in the second half.
After the victory, Arteta stated that the forward’s injury was significant, although scans have confirmed he will only miss a few weeks of action.
“He [Saka] does not need surgery, it’s not as bad as the previous one. He felt something, so he will be out for a couple of weeks”, Arteta said.
Arteta also opened up on concerns about the England international’s recurrent hamstring injury, which also caused him to miss over three months of action in the previous campaign.
“But it is obviously a concern, a big one, especially when we talk about a sprinter and a player that gets into that zone very often in a football match, who needs that burst, that change of rhythm of pace to be as threatening as possible.
But we will learn again as to why it happened and make him stronger. Unfortunately injuries are part of a career. He hasn’t had that many to be fair with the amount of games that he has played at his age but it is something that we want to eradicate”, the Arsenal manager added.
The 23-year-old will miss Sunday’s crunch clash against Premier League champions Liverpool, but should be back in action after the international break.
Arsenal will also be without the likes of Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus, while Martin Odegaard and summer signing Christian Norgaard are both doubts for the trip to Anfield.
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