Arsenal Gabriel Martinelli games could miss with a hamstring injury

Gabriel Martinelli should miss at least a month of action After undergoing a hamstring injury against Newcastle United on Wednesday evening.

The Brazilian was withdrawn after only 37 minutes in the 2-0 defeat of Arsenal against Newcastle United in the return match of their Carabao Cup semi-final, adding to a list of injuries already extended for the Gunners.

The 23-year-old joins Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus attackers in the processing room, the first should be sidelined until mid-March due to a problem with the hamstrings and the last For the rest of the campaign with an LCA tear.

The absence of Martinelli could not arrive at a worst time for Mikel Arteta, who will be without his winger on foot in the fleet for a certain number of important games of the Premier League and potentially the two legs of their Champions League of the Last Equality With one of the PSV Eindhoven, Juventus, Milan or Feyenoord.

Arsenal has championship matches against Leicester City, West Ham United and the high -flying Nottingham forest to come in February while they try to follow the pace with Liverpool in the title race.

Their first Mars Premier League match occurs against Manchester United in Old Trafford, while Martinelli will also be a doubt for home confrontation in Chelsea before the international break next month.

The importance of Martinelli for Arsenal was only content in the absence of the Talismanic Saka and he had aligned himself on the right side of the last three weeks. Although far from the levels of his English club comrades in terms of consistency or production, his raw speed and his dribble capacity helped to fill the void.

Arsenal’s decision not to sign attack reinforcements during the January transfer window now seems incredibly risky after Martinelli’s backhand, Mikel Arteta having admitted his inconvenience to the lack of expenses of the club.

“We had a clear intention which is still there an open window to explore the opportunities to improve our team with players who can impact,” admitted Spanish. “We have not realized it, so we are disappointed with this meaning, but we are also very aware that we only want to bring certain types of players and we must be very disciplined with it and I think we will do it.

“We are going to have to be very flexible on the front line and now those that we have and that we are in good shape, make sure they stay in shape and that they continue to contribute.”

Arsenal has only four Orthodox options in their front line, Arteta praying that none of the Kai Havertz, Leandro Trossard, Ethan Nwaneri or Raheem Sterling takes injuries in the coming weeks.

Arsenal Gabriel Martinelli games could miss

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