{"id":1890,"date":"2025-12-04T17:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T09:21:13","slug":"arteta-fears-injury-woes-will-hamper-arsenal-title-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/04\/arteta-fears-injury-woes-will-hamper-arsenal-title-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteta fears injury woes will hamper Arsenal title charge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mikel Arteta fears Arsenal’s mounting injury problems will hamper their bid to win the Premier League title after Declan Rice and Cristhian Mosquera limped off in Wednesday’s 2-0 win against Brentford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arteta’s side moved five points clear of second-placed Manchester City <\/strong>thanks to goals from Mikel Merino<\/strong> and Bukayo Saka<\/strong> at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Gunners extended their unbeaten run to 18 matches<\/strong> in all competitions with an eighth successive home victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Arteta, already without first-choice centre-backs Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba through injury<\/strong>, was dealt a blow when Spanish defender Mosquera was forced off just before half-time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even more alarmingly, England midfielder Declan Rice appeared to be nursing a calf injury<\/strong> when he was substituted 10 minutes from full-time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Obviously it’s never good news. Declan had to come off. We don’t know. We have to see tomorrow<\/strong> what he’s got,” said Arteta<\/strong>, who is also without Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard due to injuries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Declan can walk. He cannot play. The thing is, he’s played a lot of minutes but as well, now we played Wednesday night and we have to play Saturday morning as well<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Arsenal having battled through a gruelling week featuring wins over Tottenham and Bayern Munich and a draw with title rivals Chelsea, Arteta had taken the opportunity to give a rest to Saka, Jurrien Timber and Eberechi Eze against the Bees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But all three were eventually needed off the bench, leaving Arteta to bemoan Arsenal’s injury curse and question the Premier League fixture schedule ahead of a testing trip to in-form Aston Villa for Saturday’s early kick-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rest, that’s quite a positive word to use<\/strong>. We had to make some changes,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We had a very demanding week at every level. We were asked to play three days later, with one less recovery day than them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We can play minutes but if they can please give us just a little more time to recover and to make the welfare of these players a little bit easier, that would be great.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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