Mikel Arteta will likely not think his lousy luck.
In the identical video game as key player Bukayo Saka scored on his prolonged-awaited return from personal injury, the Arsenal supervisor lost An additional in centre-back again Gabriel ahead of their Champions League quarter-closing versus Real Madrid subsequent week.
The Brazil defender limped off in the initial fifty percent of Tuesday's 2-1 get in opposition to Fulham by using a hamstring harm - a concern which has plagued the Gunners squad this year, with forward Kai Havertz's period ended by an identical difficulty and Saka sidelined for one hundred and one days.
To add to Arteta's defensive worries, Netherlands international Jurrien Timber also needed to be withdrawn from Fulham that has a knee harm, even though Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori have been ruled out of the sport with knee trouble.