Arsenal injury news as Gabriel Magalhaes taken off with a hamstring issue just one week before Real Madrid visit
Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes
Gabriel Magalhaes becomes an immediate doubt for Real Madrid next week
Arsenal were dealt a second injury blow of the night as Gabriel Magalhaes was forced off less than 10 minutes into Tuesday night’s Premier League clash with Fulham. The defender felt his hamstring immediately when chasing back to try and stop a counter attack.
Gabriel was left to hobble around his own box as play went on but ended up going to ground, calling for play to stop. The incident causes a major worry for Mikel Arteta with the first leg of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid to come next week.
Jakub Kiwior was called from the bench to replace Gabriel at the Emirates Stadium. Ben White had already been ruled out of the game after picking up a knock in training.
”He had a little niggle two days ago,” Arteta said of the right-back pre-match. “Yesterday we tried, he wasn’t feeling right, so we decided not to put him in the squad today.”
Arsenal travel to Everton at the weekend before hosting Madrid in north London three days later. They remain without Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus through their own season-ending injuries.
Gabriel has been a key fixture in the team alongside William Saliba and forms part of one of the best defences around.
This is a developing news story that will be updated with relevant information as we get it. More to follow…CONTINUE READING
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