Mikel Arteta has been dealt one other damage blow forward of their blockbuster conflict with Liverpool after Riccardo Calafiori limped off towards Shakhtar Donetsk.
The Gunners scraped to a 1-0 victory over the Ukrainian aspect within the Champions League due to a Dmytro Riznyk personal aim, after the rebound of Gabriel Martinelli’s shot off the submit went in off his again.
Arsenal have been once more with out Bukayo Saka, who has missed the final two video games with a hamstring damage, whereas they are going to be with out the suspended William Saliba on Sunday after he was despatched off towards Bournemouth.
This victory got here with a price as Calafiori was compelled to go away the sphere within the 72nd minute, leaving Arteta uncertain if the defender can be accessible this weekend.
“Riccy, I don’t know, he felt one thing and couldn’t proceed taking part in so [it’s a] little bit of a fear,” he informed TNT Sports activities. Whereas speaking in his post-match press convention, Arteta added: “He needed to come off as a result of he felt one thing. I don’t know the extent of that. So, in that sense, not nice information.”
“I don’t know, sorry, [Saka] wasn’t in a position to practice but, in order that’s unlikely,” he added.
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Arsenal have been removed from their finest, with Leandro Trossard seeing a spot-kick saved 13 minutes from time, whereas David Raya was referred to as into motion to protect their win with an enormous save.
It was a 3rd consecutive clear sheet within the Champions League, which is their first such run since preserving 4 below Arsene Wenger in November 2007.
They generated simply 1.8 anticipated targets (xG) on Tuesday, having 13 photographs, with 5 of these heading in the right direction, however Arteta was proud of the response he noticed from his workforce.
“Very happy with the consequence,” he stated. “At all times troublesome in Champions League.
“We should always’ve scored extra within the first half and the second half, I felt a little bit of fatigue. Taking part in 60 minutes with 10 males just a few days in the past is troublesome. We left the sport a bit open however we dug in for 3 factors.
“I don’t know if [the penalty miss] was associated to fatigue. Credit score to Shakhtar, they’re courageous.
“If you give them time on the ball, and also you lose the ball, you’ll endure. I don’t know [why Kai Havertz didn’t take the penalty]. He is likely one of the takers, however Leo took it.”
