Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta says winger Bukayo Saka will miss “many weeks” with a hamstring damage.
The England attacker was compelled off throughout Saturday’s 5-1 win in opposition to Crystal Palace and left Selhurst Park on crutches.
Saka, 23, has scored 9 objectives and offered 13 assists throughout 24 video games in all competitions this season.
“It isn’t trying good,” mentioned Arteta. “He’ll be out for a lot of weeks.
“It’s what it’s. He is injured, we can not change it. We’ll use this time now to assist him.”
Arteta mentioned he was “placing some concepts collectively” to take care of Saka’s absence and Arsenal had expertise in coping with out key gamers having misplaced captain Martin Odegaard to damage this season.
Requested whether or not Saka had “torn” one thing in his hamstring, Arteta replied: “Sure. Most likely there are methods to stop the damage.
“There are quite a lot of elements. We’re every part and what we will do in another way.”
Arteta added Saka was “gutted” and “actually emotional” after discovering the severity of his damage.
The Spanish coach additionally confirmed that Raheem Sterling is about for a spell on the sidelines after sustaining a knee damage.
“He’s going to be out for weeks,” mentioned Arteta. “He wants some additional testing tomorrow.”
The Gunners subsequent face Ipswich at Emirates Stadium within the league on 27 December (20:15 GMT kick-off).
