Mikel Arteta claims he saw £45m Arsenal player limping

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Mikel Arteta has admitted that Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus was limping after the 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday afternoon.

Gabriel Jesus will have to be checked upon having picked up something of a knock in Arsenal’s victory over Bournemouth.

The Gunners headed down to the South Coast on Saturday afternoon, taking on Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.

Arsenal opened the scoring in the first half through Bukayo Saka before Martin Odegaard added a second from the penalty spot.

Kai Havertz made it three with another penalty, with Ben White rounding off the scoring with number four.

Gabriel Jesus injury a concern for Arsenal

This was a very successful outing for Arsenal but they do have some injury concerns to deal with in the coming days.

Saka came into the game with an injury and left it with an injury issue whilst striker Jesus has now picked up a problem.

Arteta told Arsenal’s official website that he saw Jesus limping after the game having played through the full 90 minutes.

Arteta isn’t sure about the extent of the injuries to Saka and Jesus but is now left hoping that they will be okay.

“I don’t know yet I haven’t had a chance to speak to him, I think this one was a stamp, it wasn’t the same area, I don’t know and Gabi was limping after the game, let’s see how they are,” said Arteta.

Arsenal need to juggle attacking players carefully

Arsenal have a quick turnaround now as they face a trip to take on Lens in the Champions League in midweek.

The Gunners will have to hope that £45million forward Jesus is okay but the issues have been piling up for attacking players of late.

Saka is clearly nursing an issue whilst Gabriel Martinelli is out of action at the moment.

Leandro Trossard missed last week’s game against Tottenham Hotspur but did manage to make it onto the Arsenal bench on Saturday.

Jesus is now another problem for Arteta to manage in the coming days with Arsenal needing to rest and rotate their attacking players carefully in order to avoid more severe injury issues.