Mikel artetta Was happy to mark his 300th match of Arsenal with a 2–0 domestic win over Ham, but revealed Martin Odegard His latest injury problem is “not positive”.
Arsenal captain Odegard has ended an injury—-off campaign and suffered another setback on Saturday when he was forced after 30 minutes with a left-knee issue.
It was third consecutive Premier League Home Match in which Odgard has been replaced before half-time and despite goals Declan Rice And Buyo from On either side of the brake, Arteta cut a downbeat figure when she quizzes on Norway’s fitness.
“I think he had a clash, knee to knee and was immediately uncomfortable. I just talked to him and he is not positive about it,” Arteta revealed.
“He has got a brace. We have to wait from doctors but we are very inauspicious with it.
“Yes, we have not done it since starting to one reason or for someone else. The shoulder twice and then the injury.
“We have to wait and look at the boundary of injury. We have to find a solution, but obviously we are captain and there is a player who gives us a completely different dimension with things that he can do, especially in attacks.
“Let’s wait and hopefully it’s not bad.”
Odgard is not only worried about injury with rice with rice with rice in the 79th minute with a back issue before England’s fixtures with Wales and Latvia this month.
“Okay, that’s not right because he asked me to shut down, so it’s a shame,” Arteta explained.
“He had a pain in his back and could not take it forward, which is very unusual for the Decclan, so we have to assess it and see how he is.”
Fitness concerns on Odgard and Rice, after winning the 177th win of their tenure in a milestone match at the Emirates Stadium, did not fully spoil a special occasion for Artetta, which helped the last house defeat for West Ham in the last season.
Asked about their 300th stability, Arteta reflected: “It is very proud. This is a large number for this football club.
“I want to thank everyone, especially my coaching staff who have been with me for a day and without them it is impossible to work first and enjoy it.
“I wanted to convince it with a win, I have got it. Now we have an international break to enjoy it and also use time to prepare it because what is coming in the next break is really going to be really difficult again.”
Nuno Espirito Santo tasted defeat for the first time in the week when was hired as the successor of Graham Potter in West Ham.
Niklas Phulkarg widened for Hammers during the first 60 seconds, but it was as close as they met in a difficult afternoon.
“Hard, very hard. We knew it, we expect it and it was really difficult,” Nuno accepted.
“Arsenal put us against ropes for many parts of the game and we were not really able to go out and run. Some parts of the game we protect well, but it was difficult. It was a difficult game.”