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‘It’s a big blow’: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on Kai Havertz injury | Football News

‘It’s a big blow’: Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on Kai Havertz injury | Football News

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Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta on Friday admitted that losing Kai Havertz was a big blow to the club but added that it was an opportunity for them to show their mettle. Havertz recently joined the long list of injuries to the Arsenal frontline players and is set to undergo undergo surgery on a hamstring injury. “We were having a great camp in Dubai, recharging and training… Then the injury happened in an unexpected way, it’s a big blow because of injuries we have. But fortunately, we’ve been through a lot this season,” Arteta told reporters. “We have played without (William) Saliba, without Ben White, (Takehiro) Tomiyasu all season, (Riccardo) Calafiori for two months, Mikel Merino for two months, Martin Odegaard for two months, Saka for three months, Gabriel Jesus… all of them. Let’s see what the team is made of… Any team in this league loses four players in the frontline like that and I know what the answer will be,” he added. Story continues below this ad Arsenal are already without Gabriel Jesus (anterior …

Martin Odegaard Injury Has Forced Arsenal To Be ‘Different’: Mikel Arteta

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Martin Odegaard has missed Arsenal’s last six games with the injury he suffered last month.© AFP Mikel Arteta says title-chasing Arsenal have had to be “different” while captain Martin Odegaard is sidelined by an ankle problem. Odegaard has missed Arsenal’s last six games with the injury he suffered playing for Norway last month, an absence that has forced Arteta to change his plans. Arteta said on Friday that the midfielder was “working so hard” to return, but the Gunners boss could not pinpoint when he would be back in action. Leandro Trossard has come in for the top-flight games missed by Odegaard, as well as the Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain this week. In a tweak to Arsenal’s usual 4-2-3-1 formation, Kai Havertz has played alongside the Belgian in a two-man strike partnership. Arsenal’s ability to adapt in Odegaard’s absence has helped them remain one of two unbeaten sides in the Premier League, sitting in third place just one point behind leaders Liverpool. “We had to be different,” said Arteta, whose side …

Arsenal Grind Out Manchester United Win To Go Top Of The Premier League

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Arsenal kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday to move back top of the table. Leandro Trossard scored the only goal on 20 minutes as Arsenal won for just the second time in 17 games away at United to go a point clear at the summit. Manchester City still have the destiny of the title in their own hands as the defending champions have two matches left to Arsenal’s one. However, the Gunners kept the pressure on Pep Guardiola’s men ahead of their tricky trip to Tottenham on Tuesday. Defeat further dented United’s chances of competing in Europe next season. Erik ten Hag’s men showed more spirit than in a dismal 4-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Monday, but have now won just one of their last eight Premier League games. United remain eighth in the table, three points adrift of both Newcastle, who they face on Wednesday, and Chelsea. Arsenal have been in scintillating form in 2024 to remain in the race …

Leandro Trossard Strikes Late To Rescue Arsenal In Bayern Munich Draw

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Arsenal rescued a 2-2 draw against Bayern Munich as Leandro Trossard’s late leveller stopped Harry Kane making a triumphant return to north London in Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg. Trossard came off the bench to equalise in the closing stages at the Emirates Stadium after former Tottenham striker Kane put Bayern 2-1 ahead with a first-half penalty. Arsenal had taken an early lead through Bukayo Saka before former Gunners winger Serge Gnabry put Bayern back on level terms. Kane scored a north London derby record 14 goals against Arsenal during his time with Tottenham, making him an inevitable target for taunts for Gunners fans. When Kane bagged his sixth career goal at the Emirates — and his 39th in all competitions in his first season with Bayern — it seemed the England captain would have the last laugh. But Trossard’s dramatic intervention leaves the tie delicately poised ahead of the second leg in Munich on April 17. Although Saka was furious not to be given a penalty in the final seconds when Neuer appeared …

David Raya Is Shootout Hero As Arsenal Reach Champions League Quarterfinals

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David Raya was the hero as Arsenal beat Porto 4-2 on penalties on Tuesday to reach the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2010. The teams were locked at 1-1 on aggregate after an absorbing second leg at the Emirates but Raya saved twice in the shootout to break the hearts of the two-time champions. The goalkeeper dived full stretch to deny Wendell and repeated the feat against Galeno, while the home side converted all four of their penalties as the decibel count soared. It is the first time a Champions League match has been decided by penalties since the 2016 final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. “You are very nervous, you are hoping for the best but you know that it (the shootout) is a bit of a lottery,” Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta told TNT Sports. “So happy. It has been 14 years (without reaching quarter-finals), which is a long time for a club like Arsenal and it shows how difficult it was. We really had to dig in to find …

Arsenal Beat Liverpool To Close Gap In Premier League Title Race To Two Points

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Arsenal blew the Premier League title race wide open as Gabriel Martinelli punished a howler from Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker to inspire a crucial 3-1 win over the leaders on Sunday. Martinelli fired home after Alisson completely missed his clearance in the second half to the delight of the Arsenal fans packed into the raucous Emirates Stadium. Mikel Arteta‘s side had taken an early lead through Bukayo Saka before Gabriel Magalhaes’s bizarre own goal gifted Liverpool an equaliser late in the first half. Leandro Trossard bagged Arsenal’s third in stoppage-time to clinch the points after Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate was sent off in the closing stages. Arsenal’s vital victory moved them into second, two points behind Liverpool after 23 games each. It was Liverpool’s first domestic defeat in all competitions since September, when they lost just across north London at Tottenham in the Premier League. Liverpool’s devastating defeat was also a boost to champions Manchester City, who travel to Brentford on Monday. City are five points adrift of Liverpool but have two games in hand and will …