Bukayo Saka not have to undergo surgery on his hamstring injury while Martin Odegaard remains in contention to feature in Sunday’s Premier League game against Liverpool.
Arsenal continued their 100% start to the new season with a 5-0 win over Leeds United last weekend, but the gloss was taken off to an extent following the injuries sustained by two key players.
Already without Ben White, summer signing Christian Norgaard and striker Kai Havertz, Mikel Arteta’s squad is already being tested to the limit ahead of this weekend’s acid test at Anfield.
‘Bukayo is doing better, but he will be out for a few weeks,’ confirmed the Arsenal boss when asked about his star winger’s condition. ‘No surgery.’
‘It’s not as bad as the previous one, very unfortunate. It was an action that required full power from him, had to change direction and he felt something.’
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