Not exact matches
Kieran Gibbs and Mikel Arteta — who suffered
hamstring and ankle
injuries, respectively, during the 1st week
of the campaign — are reported to be getting back to
full fitness, but it remains to be seen whether they are 100 % to take the field against Manchester City.
He was brought off the field with a
hamstring injury with half an hour
of the game remaining, but with a 3 - 1 lead he must have felt he had done enough to ensure the
full three points.
Alex has now sustained a
hamstring injury, and although we are yet to know the
full extent
of the problem, he will definitely not be playing against West Brom tomorrow at the Hawthorns, in a game that Arsenal simply must win.
But
full backs Zabaleta and Sagna are definitely out
of contention with the pair recovering from a foot and
hamstring injury respectively which will prevent them from getting involved for another week at the least.
The # 75million centre - back wasn't involved against Manchester City due to a minor
hamstring injury but is now back in
full training at Melwood with the rest
of the squad.
After setback on initial return in October, suffered two
hamstring injuries after playing equivalent
of 3
full games over 14 days
Jordan Henderson has been struggling with a
hamstring injury of late and hasn't played in the league since 22 December, but the Liverpool captain has returned to
full training and is in contention to start.
While Tuesday night was mainly a night for celebration, with Gareth Bale once again at his scintillating best, single handily carving out Spurs» two second half goals for Peter Crouch and Roman Pavlyuchenko whilst taking a part one
of Europe's best
full - back in Maicon, there was a significant negative to come out
of the game and that was the second half absence
of Dutch play - maker Rafael Van Der Vaart, scorer
of Tottenham's first goal and the catalyst upon which a memorable night was founded, with the former Hamburg and Real Madrid sensation now set to miss the trip to Bolton as he continues to nurse a
hamstring injury which has been hampering him for the last month or so.
Some days when I begin my yoga practice I can feel the entire physical history
of my body: here is that neck tension from staring at the computer all day yesterday, and here is that old
hamstring injury from an unfortunate split, and here is that wonky sacrum... Every body carries the history
of past
injuries and hurts, but most
of the time your brain chooses not to get alarmed about it and those experiences
of past pain do not rise to the level
of a
full - blown pain episode.