Santi Cazorla is another one who can be fielded more advanced, and was a huge loss for us when
picking up an injury last term.
And we have had a boost for the following game as well, at home to West Ham who have also lost their main striker as Andy Carroll
picked up an injury last night that will see him out for at least a month.
No, I'm not joking, if Ross Worner
picked up an injury last night, Shaw could have been facing up against Alexis Sanchez.
After the slight delay in arrival of the MMU team, the game finally got underway with a slight change in the starting seven due to Chloe Shepherd
picking up an injury last week.
City had the good news that captain Vincent Kompany had not actually
picked up an injury last week, despite concerns that he had.
Not exact matches
It turns out that the reason that Lukas Podolski was the only Arsenal player in the Germany squad that was beaten by Argentina 4 - 2 in a friendly repeat of the World Cup final, was that Mesut Ozil had
picked up an
injury in the Gunners» disappointing draw at Leicester City
last weekend.
Arsenal Football Club and
injury problems have almost become synonymous with each other in recent years, so I suppose we should not have been too surprised to see our first choice goalkeeper
pick up an
injury in our
last Premier League match, the damaging defeat away to West Brom.
Last season oldies Arteta and Rosicky
picked up injuries early and barely featured for the rest of the season.
Walcott missed much of
last season with
injury and was a peripheral figure as the Gunners
picked up momentum.
Gooners are waking
up this morning to the dispiriting news that Shkodran Mustafi is going to be out of action until the New Year because of an
injury he
picked up in the 37th minute of Germany's 5 - 1 trouncing of Azerbaijan
last night.
For now, though, we can only look ahead to the match and after a couple of Gunners
picked up injuries while on international duty after the Gunners were held to a draw in our
last game against Tottenham there seems to be quite a lot of negativity around Arsenal at the minute.
Bellerin had, it appears,
picked up an
injury in the
last 10 seconds against Spurs, and will not be available.
In midfield, Marouane Fellaini is facing a race against time to recover from a calf
injury, which he
picked up during United's 3 - 1 win over Swansea City
last time out.
Meanwhile the French side were without key midfielder Jeremy Toulalan after he
picked up an
injury in the league fixture against Caen
last weekend.
I seem to recall that when he
picked up his
last injury he played with a niggle, my thoughts at the time were that he should have been rested.
Played in Community shield, Crystal palace, this match, will play against Everton, was probably going to play against Besiktas again... Thats WAY too much playing time, and Wenger wouldve just been making the same mistake as
last season where he wore Ramsey down to the core, and he
picked up a major
injury.
The hiccup with that philosophy was what we saw
last year: HT goes out for the year and all the quality depth was demolished by
injury (McClellin, Rivers, Langi, Cyrus Jones, Davis) so they had to go out and
pick up an Eric Lee or a James Harrison.
According to The Telegraph, Wolves made an offer to take Johnstone on emergency loan
last Friday after Paul Lambert saw shot - stoppers Andy Lonergan and Carl Ikeme
pick up injuries.
The Spaniard
picked up an
injury that damaged his ligaments during Arsenal's
last EFL Cup match against Reading.
The Argentine winger has missed the
last three games, as the former Real Madrid star
picking up a hamstring
injury during United's win over Hull City.
The Belgian international suffered yet another setback
last weekend as he
picked up a knee
injury in the win over Crystal Palace as his fitness nightmare continues.
Ozil was booed off by the German fans in the
last international and his cause has not been helped by an
injury picked up in Arsenal's draw with Bayern Munich on Tuesday.
People seem to have forgotten that Theo was our top scorer in his
last full season and was buzzing when he
picked up that unlucky cruciate
injury in the FA cup win over the spuds
last season.
Last season he scored a respectable 10 goals in 27 league games [via WhoScored], although he missed two months of the campaign after
picking up an ankle
injury in the 2 - 1 defeat away at Swansea City in February.
He has made a few appearances for the Gunners since his return from the African Cup of Nations, but he also
picked up an
injury concern in Arsenal's
last game.
The good news for Arsenal fans from
last night's Euro 2016 semi-final between Wales and Portugal is that we can now rest assured that the central midfield star Aaron Ramsey has come through the tournament without
picking up an
injury of any kind and so will be fit and ready to help Arsenal when the new season kicks off in about a month.
Last November, our beloved club only managed to gain two Premier League points, including a 1 - 1 home draw against North - London neighbours Tottenham, but the most worrying statistic would be the fact that our squad
picked up as many as nine
injuries.
You could say that our opponents that day were unlucky, as Southampton had to play the
last 10 minutes with 10 men after
picking up an
injury having used all their subs.
We are likely to find out more over the next few days on the subject of Hector Bellerin, after the talented young right back was forced to withdraw from the Spain under 21 national team
last week when he
picked up an ankle
injury.
We should
pick up 3points but considering the way we are playing,
injuries and thinking we should be clear at the top of the league, i wont get my hopes
up because as of
last weeks defeat and our
last few games i do nt see us as contenders this season... its a fight for 3rd again for automatic spot i group stage of CL.
The Arsenal and England international star Theo Walcott has been like a breath of fresh air for the Gunners this season, so with the
injury picked up by Lucas Perez in the EFL cup win over Reading in midweek the
last thing Arsene Wenger wanted was to lose Walcott as well.
It has been a strange season for Walcott, who would have been desperate to pull on the famous red and white shirt again after missing around a year with that anterior cruciate ligament
injury picked up in
last year's FA cup win over Tottenham.
Reus hasn't had any luck with the national side,
picking up two ankle
injuries in his
last few appearances for Germany but he got off to a good start tonight.
If Mathieu Flamini and Mikel Arteta never
picked up those
injuries they got middle of
last season, Francis Coquelin would still be plying his trade in some championship team or perhaps sold for a paltry sum to some mid table team while our problems persist.
According to the Evening Standard, Mathieu Debuchy is set to line
up for the first time since
last November when he was taken off after sixteen minutes after
picking up a hamstring
injury against Bournemouth.
Liverpool were already struggling with a long
injury list before
last night's Capital One Cup game and then lost two more first team stars as Coutinho and Lovren
picked up hamstring problems.
Quietly
last year, the New York Jets
picked up ASJ after the Bucs cut him and eventually worked him into the lineup after he dealt with a few
injuries.
We have been linked with this talented 26 - year old before, and quite heavily before he
picked up a thigh
injury that ruled him out of the Germany world cup winning squad
last summer.
Gnabry was coming good till he
picked up that
injury last season, he almost broke into the first team.
Per Mertesacker was still a first choice centre back for Arsenal
last season, however this year after
picking up an
injury during pre-season, it seems like Mustafi's German compatriot may be set to lose his place in the team.
Arsenal's Carl Jenkinson has only just returned from a long absence due to
injury, that's spanned from an issue
picked up in the middle stages of
last season.
Modric has been outstanding for the
last 18 months, and the
injury he
picked up in Croatia's draw with Italy will be a bitter blow.
Lucas
picked up the
injury in the
last round of the EFL Cup, when Arsenal came out as victors against Championship side Reading.
It's all happening again, we have already
picked up 2
injuries from our
last two games, we also already had players in the treatment room, god help us, another season wrecked by
injuries I bet.
The German play maker has already started to prove just that since his return from the
injury he
picked up against Chelsea
last year.
The England international is yet to feature this season, having
picked up an
injury in May of
last year, but recently returned to training in hope of earning some playing time.
God forbid that Le Coq
picks up an
injury after the transfer window closes, then we'll be back to where we
last year, only this time Manu would have been a much better team, Liverpool maybe stronger and not to mention Chelsea.
Danny Welbeck was firmly expected to be given a starting place in England's side this summer, but unfortunately
picked up a nine - month
injury in the
last couple of weeks, and will come as a huge blow to the side.
We lost Walcott and the Ox at Sheffield Wednesday
last season, compounding
injuries picked up in the league and other Cups.
Finding a way of
picking up points when they did not play well is not something that has come easy to the Gunners in the past but, after beating Crystal Palace in
injury time
last week, they have managed to do so in both their Premier League matches so far this season.