Premier League: Arsenal chief Mikel Arteta hope that Bukayo Saka will be suitable to face PSG after the ‘dangerous’ challenge
Mikel Artesa hopes that Bukayo Saka will be suitable for the Arsenal Champions League semifinal against Paris Saint-Germain after suffering a foot injury in Sunday’s 4-0 against Ipswich.
from was replaced 10 minutes in the second half in Ipswich and had an ice packet applied to his right foot ankle while feeling the effects after Leif Davis‘Raw foul on the first Haffa.
Davis showed a fair red card and VAR did not interfere with Judge Chris Kavanagh’s ruling after it was judged that IPSWich’s defense counsel “endangered Saka’s security”.
Saka, who played a key role in ArsenalThe first screen of the first half, played for a while after the foul, but lameled the tunnel at the end of the game.
However, the arts are convinced that international England, which has just returned from a four -month -long departure after Hamstring Operation, will be suitable to face Psg In the first match at the Emirates Stadium on April 29.
“I don’t think it’s intentional, but it was dangerous,” The Arts told Davis’s foul.
“I worry about the numbers we have now, especially when the player has his back on goal, because this is the moment when your foot is planted, your weight is there, and you can’t really react.
“He shortens it from the back. The referee made a decision and that it is clear. Bukayo was a little sore, but it’s nothing serious, so it’s good.”
Just four days after they stamped their place in the semi -finals of the Champions League with a 5-1 Aggregate win On Real Madrid holders at Bernabeu, Arsenal held the felt good factor in Suffolk.
Gunners, who have never won the Champions League, went ahead against Ipswich in the 14th minute when Leandro Trossard converted the Cross of Saka.
Gabriel Martinelli doubled their advantage in the 28th minute after Mikel Mrino lit up on the Cross of Saka.
Trossard finished his trail in 69 minutes with the Saka replacement, Ethan Nwaner, adding a fourth to the closing moments.
“We’re really happy, really happy with performance. The first 35 minutes are one of the best we’ve played this season,” Said the arts.
“We really dominated, with a very high intensity and understand what we had to do to win.
“When they got the red card, the context of the game changed and we were much more in control, we scored two more goals and then we were able to make certain rotations. It was a very positive afternoon.”