The skipper has endured a number of damage blows.
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is hopeful his newest damage setback “shouldn’t be too unhealthy” and is determined to return as shortly as doable with the Gunners stumbling considerably within the Premier League title race.
Mikel Arteta’s males lead Manchester Metropolis by six factors on the high of the desk, having seen their benefit reduce after a dreadful weekend through which they misplaced at house to Bournemouth and Metropolis cruised to a 3-0 win at Chelsea.
Arsenal go to Metropolis on Sunday in a sport that might in the end resolve the vacation spot of the title, with Pep Guardiola’s males holding a sport in hand.
Odegaard was lacking from the 2-1 defeat to the Cherries, having sustained an damage within the 1-0 win over Sporting CP within the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie.
Arsenal captain confirms new damage
The Norwegian performed 71 minutes at Estadio Jose Alvalade after coming back from a knee damage in Arsenal’s shock 2-1 FA Cup fifth-round defeat to Southampton the earlier Saturday.
Writing in his programme notes forward of the return leg with Sporting at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, Odegaard mentioned: “I needed to go off through the second half of that sport in Portugal final week, feeling my knee, which is why I missed the sport on the weekend.
“I caught it slightly bit towards Sporting, however hopefully it shouldn’t be too unhealthy. I’m determined to get again as quickly as doable as a result of that is the essential interval of the season, within the Premier League and Champions League.”
Odegaard has been restricted to 29 appearances in all competitions for Arsenal, making 18 begins as he has handled a number of damage points.
He has scored two targets and supplied six assists this marketing campaign.
Arsenal remaining fixtures
- Sporting CP (H, Champions League) – April 15
- Manchester Metropolis (A) – April 19
- Newcastle United (H) – April 25
- Fulham (H) – Might 2
- West Ham (A) – Might 10
- Burnley (H) – Might 17
- Crystal Palace (A) – Might 24
The primary leg of a potential Champions League semi-final with Atletico Madrid can be on April 28-29 with the return leg on Might 5-6. The Champions League last is scheduled for Might 30.
