Arsenal injury news: Watch key Mikel Arteta star hold hamstring against Everton to join Riccardo Calafiori on treatment table

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice was seen successful symptom and holding his hamstring earlier helium was substituted against Everton connected Saturday.

The Gunners earned yet different 3 points successful the Premier League, emerging arsenic 2-0 winners against the Toffees successful matchweek 8 of the season.

That effect moved Mikel Arteta's broadside level connected points with first-placed Manchester City, though the Londoners did not look from their Everton clash unscathed.

Defender Riccardo Calafiori picked up a flimsy contented that saw him caput consecutive down the passageway aft the full-time whistle, portion Rice was seen holding his hamstring.

A caller video posted to societal media showed the Englishman grimacing earlier helium was yet substituted successful the 80th minute.

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It is important to enactment that Arteta has not confirmed that Rice has picked up an injury, truthful it is intolerable to cognize whether the midfielder volition miss immoderate games astatine each astatine this stage.

If the 27-year-old has picked up an issue, a Grade 1 wounded whitethorn lone necessitate a fewer days of rest, oregon astatine astir a fewer weeks connected the sidelines.

A Grade 2 wounded would necessitate 3 to six weeks of recovery, portion a Grade 3 occupation would spot Rice miss a minimum of 8 weeks.

No further accusation has been delivered by the Arsenal caput coach, truthful possibly Rice was withdrawn against Everton arsenic a precaution.

However, adjacent a abbreviated lack whitethorn person superior consequences fixed the Gunners play Fleetwood Town, Liverpool, Slavia Prague, Hull City, Newcastle United, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester City earlier the extremity of November.

Why Arsenal and Mikel Arteta merit recognition for Premier League defence

The Gunners knew earlier the commencement of the play that they would beryllium missing centre-back William Saliba for months, but they present cognize they volition beryllium without attacker Bukayo Saka for astatine slightest six weeks, with the guardant absent against Everton.

A imaginable wounded to Rice could beryllium catastrophic, and that would permission the nine without arguably their 3 champion players.

The information the Londoners person truthful acold dealt without Saliba and Saka is commendable, and they merit immense praise for making specified a beardown commencement to the run contempt their wounded woes.