{"id":324570,"date":"2026-04-26T00:44:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=324570"},"modified":"2026-04-26T00:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T19:14:19","slug":"eberechi-eze-and-kai-havertz-injury-update-after-arsenal-stars-are-forced-off-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/eberechi-eze-and-kai-havertz-injury-update-after-arsenal-stars-are-forced-off-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Eberechi Eze and Kai Havertz injury update after Arsenal stars are forced off | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><figcaption>Havertz and Eze were each forced off on Saturday night (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mikel Arteta has provided an injury update on Kai Havertz and Eberechi Ezze after they were forced off with injuries in Arsenal\u2019s victory over Newcastle United.<\/p>\n<p>Eze scored the sport\u2019s only goal after nine minutes, beating Nick Pope with a sensational strike from the sting of the box.<\/p>\n<p>But the previous Crystal Palace star was forced off within the second-half of the match, replaced by Gabriel Martinelli.<\/p>\n<p>Eze immediately joined his teammates within the dugout and didn&#8217;t appear to require immediate treatment. He was also capable of join his teammates back on the pitch to have fun the victory at full-time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot ad-slot-container connatix_placeholder_desktop ad-slot-large ad-slot-medium ad-slot-small has-ad-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>That was not the case for Havertz nevertheless, who picked up a knock within the first-half.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot ad-slot-container mpu_mobile_top ad-slot-small has-ad-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot ad-slot-container mpu_tablet ad-slot-medium has-ad-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<p>Preferred up front to Viktor Gyokeres again, the Germany international was involved within the build-up for Eze\u2019s opener but picked up a difficulty after 34 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Gyokeres got here onto replace the forward who gave the impression to be clutching his groin as he left the pitch, heading straight down the tunnel for treatment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised football updates daily\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Enroll to our each day football newsletter and select your team to get the most recent news, rumours and more about your favourite team.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272465087.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28116178\" alt=\"FBL-ENG-PR-ARSENAL-NEWCASTLE\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>There was concern for Havertz who was forced off early on (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Victory for Arsenal moves them three points clear a the summit of the Premier League once more but they can be eager to have as many players as possible fit for his or her final 4 matches of the campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273101264.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28116195\" alt=\"Arsenal v Newcastle United - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Eze scored a sublime winner on the Emirates (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the small matter of a Champions League semi-final with Atletico Madrid with the primary leg happening within the Spanish capital on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"trending-now trending-post-strip\" data-personalise=\"1\">\n<ol class=\"trending-now__list\">\n<li class=\"trending-now__list-item accent--football accent--sport\" data-ico=\"trending-ico\">\n<div class=\"article-card\" post-id=\"28103714\">\n<div class=\"article-card__image\">\n<div class=\"img-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2273109843.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0px%2C165px%2C4232px%2C2381px&#038;resize=646%2C363\" class=\"attachment-metro_16_9_medium size-metro_16_9_medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Arsenal v Newcastle United - Premier League\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-card__inner\">\n<h3 class=\"article-card__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"metro-signpost metro-signpost-liveblog\"><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tArsenal 1-0 Newcastle: Gunners go top as Eberechi Eze scores winner<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-card__footer\">\n<div class=\"article-card__meta\">\n<p>\t\t<svg><title>Channel: Football<\/title>\n<use xlink:href=\"#common-channel-glyph\" href=\"#common-channel-glyph\"><\/use><\/svg>\t\t<span class=\"channel-glyph__label\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tFootball\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-card__date\">35 minutes ago<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"article-card__author\">By <strong>Ben Fleming<\/strong><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"trending-now__list-item accent--football accent--sport\">\n\tArsenal begin talks to sign \u00a369m Man Utd goal after impressing Mikel Arteta\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"trending-now__list-item accent--football accent--sport\">\n\tCesc Fabregas breaks silence on Chelsea job after Como give green light for move\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"trending-now__list-item accent--football accent--sport\">\n\tBukayo Saka and Jurrien Timber injury update ahead of Arsenal vs Newcastle\n<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<p>Speaking after the match, Arteta told Sky Sports: \u2018Let\u2019s see. 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