Arsenal are sweating over the health of defender Jurrien Timber after he limped out of Sunday’s defeat to Manchester United with an obvious hamstring damage.
The Gunners have been dumped out of the FA Cup on penalties after 120 gruelling minutes, made more durable by the nasty knee damage suffered by Gabriel Jesus, whose situation has left Mikel Arteta “apprehensive”.
Sadly, Jesus could not have been the one casualty as Arsenal additionally misplaced Timber early within the second interval of extra-time.
“Timber limping and holding his hamstring – and signalled to bench he wants to come back off,” Simon Collings reported on the time.
Arteta didn’t point out Timber’s situation after the sport, with most questions targeted on the regarding sight of Jesus leaving the pitch on a stretcher.
If Timber is going through a spell on the sidelines, it is going to come as an enormous blow to Arteta, who has relied on the Dutchman within the absence of the injured Ben White, who has been sidelined by a long-term knee drawback.
Takehiro Tomiyasu can be unavailable due to a knee damage, that means Arsenal wouldn’t have any pure right-backs if Timber is dominated out. Midfielder Thomas Partey has beforehand coated within the place.
