Mikel Arteta will never believe that his bad luck.
In precisely the same video game as key player Bukayo Saka scored on his lengthy-awaited return from injuries, the Arsenal manager dropped A different in centre-again Gabriel right before their Champions League quarter-remaining against Real Madrid subsequent week.
The Brazil defender limped off in the very first fifty percent of Tuesday's 2-1 gain versus Fulham with a hamstring injury - a difficulty which includes plagued the Gunners squad this time, with ahead Kai Havertz's year ended by a similar issue and Saka sidelined for 101 times.
So as to add to Arteta's defensive anxieties, Netherlands Global Jurrien Timber also had to be withdrawn against Fulham with a knee personal injury, though Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori ended up ruled from the sport with knee issues.