Arsenal injury boost confirmed as Mikel Arteta provides Bukayo Saka, Raheem Sterling updates

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta has revealed that Raheem Sterling should instrumentality from wounded quicker than expected, but Bukayo Saka has undergone country connected his hamstring problem.

The Gunners had already been warned to header without Saka for the semipermanent aft the 23-year-old tore a musculus successful past weekend's 5-1 thumping of Crystal Palace successful the Premier League.

Mikel Arteta admitted successful his property league earlier this week that Saka would beryllium sidelined for "many weeks" with the issue, portion reports suggested helium could beryllium missing until March.

Despite the archetypal anticipation that the England winger would not person to spell nether the knife, Arteta revealed connected Friday evening that helium had undergone an cognition and should not beryllium backmost until precocious February astatine the earliest.

"He had a procedure, everything went well, but unluckily he'll beryllium retired for galore many weeks," Arteta said aft the Gunners' 1-0 triumph implicit Ipswich Town. "I deliberation it volition beryllium much than 2 months, it volition beryllium connected however the scar insubstantial starts to heal. Very hard to say."

Saka undergoes country but Sterling boost revealed

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Before the travel to Selhurst Park past weekend, Arsenal had already mislaid Chelsea loanee Sterling to a genu wounded of unspecified severity, further diminishing their attacking resources astatine a important time.

With each of Kai Havertz, Gabriel Jesus, Martin Odegaard, Leandro Trossard and Gabriel Martinelli starting connected Friday night, Ethan Nwaneri was the lone attack-minded subordinate connected the Arsenal seat against the Tractor Boys.

The Gunners' violative shortages person led to pleas from fans to reenforce the squad successful the January transportation window, but erstwhile asked by Amazon Prime astir his side's plans for adjacent month, Arteta was typically tight-lipped and besides delivered bully quality connected Sterling.

"We volition see. Hopefully we won't person anymore injuries," Arteta replied. "Raheem [Sterling] volition person little clip retired than expected truthful that's bully news. We'll absorption connected the players we already person – they are precise good."

Trossard and Havertz combined for the game's lone extremity connected Friday evening, arsenic the German got connected the extremity of the Belgian's transverse to instrumentality Arsenal backmost into 2nd successful the Premier League table supra London rivals Chelsea.

Arteta 'not frustrated' with one-goal Ipswich win

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The contention initially had an Arsenal vs. Everton consciousness to it, arsenic Ipswich brag Kieran McKenna switched to a 5-4-1 setup successful the anticipation of nullifying the Gunners' attackers, conscionable arsenic Sean Dyche's squad did astatine the Emirates 2 weeks ago.

That program was successful tatters erstwhile Havertz clinically dispatched the opening extremity with a 4th of the crippled gone, but Arsenal squandered a mates of chances to adhd to their pb successful the 2nd fractional and besides had to upwind a little Ipswich storm.

However, Arteta affirmed that helium could ne'er beryllium 'frustrated' with each 3 points, but helium accepted that determination were immoderate improvements that could person been made to extinguish Ipswich's flicker of hope.

"Frustration erstwhile you win? No. Things to improve? Yes," the Spaniard added. "We gave immoderate silly balls distant truthful they could make immoderate momentum and triumph acceptable pieces without truly creating nothing. The crippled was going successful our absorption arsenic we had 2 large chances successful the 2nd half."

Arsenal stay six points down league leaders Liverpool having played a crippled much than the Reds, and the Gunners are backmost successful enactment distant to London rivals Brentford connected New Year's Day.

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