Mikel Arteta issues update on mystery Ben White injury after Arsenal beat Fulham | Football

Mikel Arteta has revealed that Ben White is sidelined with a knee injury following Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Fulham in the Premier League on Tuesday night.

White was not included in Arsenal’s matchday squad as goals from Mikel Merino and Bukayo Saka, returning from his 10-week layoff due to a hamstring injury, sealed the win for Arteta’s side at the Emirates Stadium.

Speaking on White’s injury before the game, Arteta said: ‘He had a little niggle two days ago.

‘Yesterday we tried, he wasn’t feeling right, so we decided not to put him in the squad today.’

And when asked again about White after Arsenal’s win over Fulham, Arteta said: ‘It was something on his knee.’

In a separate interview, Arteta revealed that White suffered the knee injury during a training session on Sunday.

‘We lost Ben the day before,’ the Arsenal manager said.

Meanwhile, Arsenal have been dealt two fresh injury blows with both Gabriel and Jurrien Timber forced off during the win against Fulham.

Gabriel pulled up with a hamstring injury early in the first half, while Timber was replaced with 13 minutes remaining.

‘Worried because he never wants to come off and he had to,’ Arteta said of Gabriel after Arsenal’s victory.

‘He’s not very sure how big it is and what it is exactly but he felt he that he could not continue.’

Asked if Gabriel will be fit to face Real Madrid in the Champions League next week, Arteta replied: ‘Depends, there’s a week there but I will say with the way he is normally… difficult.’

On Timber’s injury, Arteta said: ‘He was struggling earlier, yesterday as well he wasn’t at his best but we lost Ben as well the day before so he did a big effort to try to play and he could not continue.’

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