Arsenal are hopeful the injury Kai Havertz sustained in Saturday’s win over Newcastle won’t end his season.
The Germany international has endured a torrid last 12 months during which he has suffered two major setbacks.
Havertz was restored to the starting line-up on the expense of Viktor Gyokeres for the defeat at Manchester City a fortnight ago and retained his place for the 1-0 win over the Magpies.
The Germany international, nonetheless, lasted just 34 minutes having earlier provided the assist for Eberechi Eze’s matchwinning strike.
In keeping with The Athletic, Havertz is unlikely to recuperate in time to face Atletico Madrid within the Champions League semi-final first leg on Wednesday.
There may be, nonetheless, hope that the 26-year-old will still have a component to play in what stays of the season, while his World Cup hopes usually are not reported to be in jeopardy.
Eze, too, was unable to last the 90 minutes against Newcastle and was taken off, in his own words, as a precaution.
He, too, has undergone scans and it stays to be seen whether he’ll have the option to make the matchday squad against Atletico.
‘We don’t think it’s an excessive amount of,’ Arteta said in his post-match press conference on Saturday evening.
‘We’ve got to attend and see in the event that they’re going to be available for Wednesday.’
‘I’m really joyful with the win,’ added Arteta following a victory that ended a difficult run of domestic form.
‘We talked about game one and the way vital that was. We probably must have finished it with a much bigger margin in certain moments of the sport.
‘But when it’s 1-0, it’s all the time tough because they’ve quality, because they brought so many good players from the bench as well.
‘Once we don’t finish the motion, especially the open ones that we had, the margin goes to be smaller.’
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