PRAGUE: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has confirmed Viktor Gyokeres will miss Tuesday’s Champions League clash away to Slavia Prague after he became the latest Gunners’ forward to be sidelined by injury.
The Sweden striker did not train on Monday after being substituted with a muscle problem during the Premier League leaders’ 2-0 win over Burnley last weekend.
Arteta is now waiting to discover the full extent of Gyokeres’s injury, with the Gunners boss telling a pre-match press conference: “I am concerned because he hasn’t had many muscular issues and he had to leave the pitch and he was feeling something.
“That’s obviously never a good sign, especially for a player that is very, very explosive. So we are digging in a little bit more to understand where we are in terms of the injury and we’ll announce the moment we know.”
Gyokeres joins a lengthy list of absentees from Arsenal’s attacking and creative ranks, with Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Noni Madueke and Martin Odegaard all sidelined. – AFP
