Arteta: Injuries have been a nightmare

Arsenal season has dogged by injuries to key players at key times.

At one stage, Arteta was without Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus – who both remain sidelined – Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli, severely limiting his side’s firepower up front. Lately they’ve been without centre-back Gabriel Magalhaes too, in a damaging blow to Arsenal’s backline.

“The injuries I think have been a เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา nightmare in terms of selecting lineups, substitutions, how we change training sessions – because we have had times without a lot of players available,” Arteta reflected on the issues he’s faced.

“That’s when you want to really raise the standards, win and much better than the opposition in this league, in this context. It’s very demanding and very tricky.

“We had three or four big injuries, and it’s very difficult to prevent them all. Can we do something different? The luck could have been different, the training could have been different, the gym could have been different, prevention can be different.

“We will look at all those things to try to be better and the reality is that the starting point and the numbers that we had in the beginning to start the season were very, very low and we accepted the challenge because it’s what we could do at that moment.”

“Wednesday was one of the saddest but proudest nights I have had as Arsenal manager. I want to talk about one, why we didn’t win it, and what we have to do now to win it. That’s what has to drive this club, and everybody involved in it.