Gabriel Martinelli is a doubt for Arsenal’s Champions League return after he suffered a suspected hamstring damage throughout Sunday’s win over Everton.
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The Brazil worldwide thought he had opened the scoring within the nineteenth minute, solely to see his aim dominated out for offside in contentious circumstances.
Martinelli’s frustration turned to annoyance moments afterwards when he was compelled off forward of a essential week with fixtures towards PSV Eindhoven and Tottenham on the horizon.
‘He felt one thing in his hamstring so he’ll should be assessed,’ he instructed the BBC after the sport.
Pressed on Martinelli’s damage in his put up match press convention, Arteta added: ‘He felt, I believe, one thing within the motion within the run for the aim.
‘He’s not usually a participant to have muscular points, however he needed to come off. Let’s see.’
Martinelli was changed by the eventual matchwinner, Leandro Trossard, who lastly broke Everton’s resistance with an excellent end with 20 minutes remaining.
‘Nice end,’ mentioned the Arsenal supervisor. ‘He did it within the week with Belgium as effectively.
‘It’s what we’d like – the gamers who got here in did very effectively, the subs that got here on did very effectively. We want everybody on their toes and we absolutely belief them.’
The victory represented Arsenal’s first three level haul within the Blue half of Merseyside since 2017 and Arteta was delighted to place a long-running hoodoo to mattress.
He mentioned: ‘We talked about it, that is the problem. For six years we haven’t gained right here and there are a couple of causes for it.
‘It’s the way you do issues and the enter you do in each single motion. I believe we performed an unbelievable recreation, we saved them quiet and created many, many probabilities,
‘The primary (disallowed) aim, as effectively, ought to be allowed. We dominated the sport and we’re extraordinarily comfortable to go away with a win and a clear sheet.’
