Arsenal have been handed a recent damage concern simply days earlier than they host Manchester Metropolis.
Noni Madueke limped off throughout Arsenal’s Champions League conflict in opposition to Sporting (Picture: Getty Pictures)
Mikel Arteta has been dealt a recent damage blow after Noni Madueke appeared to select up a knee downside through the second half of Arsenal’s Champions League tie with Sporting CP. Madueke fell to the bottom and required consideration halfway by means of the second interval earlier than it shortly turned obvious he was unable to hold on.
Madueke was captured by tv cameras hobbling off the pitch with the help of Arsenal’s medical employees. The winger was substituted by Max Dowman. Madueke sat down within the Arsenal dugout for a number of minutes earlier than heading down the tunnel for extra remedy within the dressing room.
Arsenal held a 1-0 lead from the primary leg in Portugal and can face Atletico Madrid within the semi-final of the competitors, having held Sporting to a goalless draw on the Emirates.
However with Bukayo Saka additionally sidelined, a possible Madueke damage would show problematic for Arteta within the run-in, beginning on the Emirates this weekend once they welcome Manchester Metropolis.
The 16-year-old was given the nod in a Champions League quarter-final, although Arteta may ask one in every of Leandro Trossard or Gabriel Martinelli to play on the best flank.
Or Gabriel Jesus may play in a job he was beforehand given at Manchester Metropolis, the place he labored with Arteta, earlier than they each moved to north London.
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