Mikel Arteta provides Eberechi Eze, Kai Havertz injury updates after Arsenal's nervy Newcastle win

Arsenal caput manager Mikel Arteta offered a little yet optimistic update connected Kai Havertz and Eberechi Eze pursuing Saturday's 1-0 Premier League win implicit Newcastle United.

The Gunners returned to the acme of the Premier League table implicit Manchester City courtesy of an highly nervy triumph implicit the Magpies, who succumbed to an Eze extremity aboriginal on.

The Englishman's delightful curling onslaught from a country ended Arsenal's four-match losing tally successful home competitions, and Arteta's men present boast a three-point pb implicit Man City, but the Sky Blues person a crippled successful manus and a superior goals scored total.

Arsenal's evening was marred by caller issues to Havertz and Eze, though, arsenic the erstwhile appeared to wounded his groin successful the archetypal fractional earlier Eze was besides withdrawn aboriginal on.

Arteta was quizzed connected the pair's fittingness successful his post-match Sky Sports interview, wherever helium refused to springiness overmuch distant but chopped a much hopeful than pessimistic figure.

Mikel Arteta 'hopeful' connected Kai Havertz, Eberechi Eze injuries

"Let's see, astatine the infinitesimal they person to beryllium looked aft but hopefully they're going to beryllium okay," Arteta said connected his 2 attackers.

Elaborating successful his property conference, the Spaniard added: "They are muscular niggles. We don’t deliberation it’s excessively bad."

Arsenal received immoderate bully quality connected the wounded beforehand anterior to kickoff connected Saturday, arsenic Bukayo Saka was included connected the seat for the archetypal clip since earlier the planetary interruption pursuing an Achilles issue.

With Havertz and Martin Odegaard besides successful the starting lineup, Arsenal could person played with the Norwegian, the German and Saka successful the aforesaid broadside since the 2023-24 season, against Bayern Munich successful the Champions League.

However, Havertz's first-half injured denied Arsenal the accidental to tract their 3 cardinal attackers connected the transportation astatine 1 time, and it remains to beryllium seen whether the ex-Chelsea antheral and Eze are acceptable to look Atletico Madrid adjacent week.

The Gunners instrumentality connected Diego Simeone's broadside connected Wednesday evening successful the archetypal limb of their semi-final showdown, earlier hosting Fulham successful the apical formation adjacent Saturday.

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While different wounded to Havertz would beryllium peculiarly crushing for the player, Arteta would simply reconstruct Viktor Gyokeres to the archetypal XI, and the Swede arguably had a bigger interaction connected Saturday's crippled than the German.

Nick Pope controversially escaped a reddish paper for bringing down Gyokeres extracurricular the area, but the second was besides blameworthy of a mediocre walk to Saka during a precocious breakaway.

Meanwhile, with Odegaard backmost successful his rightful fig 10 role, either Gabriel Martinelli oregon Leandro Trossard should travel successful for Eze if the England planetary cannot look Atletico.

Gabriel Jesus is simply a wildcard enactment successful some the striker and left-wing spots too, but Gyokeres and Champions League specializer Martinelli are apt connected people to commencement successful Madrid.