{"id":300193,"date":"2023-12-12T16:43:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300193"},"modified":"2023-12-12T16:43:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:43:06","slug":"arsenal-explain-taking-bukayo-saka-to-psv-after-winger-missed-training-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/arsenal-explain-taking-bukayo-saka-to-psv-after-winger-missed-training-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal explain taking Bukayo Saka to PSV after winger missed training injured"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal train ahead of Champions League trip to PSV<\/h3>\n

Bukayo Saka was told to hop on the Arsenal plane heading to Eindhoven to face PSV despite missing training with a foot injury as Mikel Arteta fights to keep his team spirit intact. The defeat to Aston Villa after five successive wins came as something of a shock at the weekend and cost Arsenal their top spot in the Premier League.<\/p>\n

There is no danger of that happening in Europe, however, with a group winner\u2019s spot already secured. But even though Saka has been struggling with injury of late, Arteta has come to the Netherlands with all his big names in tow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have five or six big injuries so we are already a bit thin,\u201d he said. \u201cI don’t know in another context what I would have done but I also want everyone together with the mentality to win. I want to see that in their tummies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe job technically is done but the job is not completely done. It is our duty as representatives of Arsenal to win every game and to give a big performance against a team that is going to make things very difficult as they have shown the past two years. And Bukayo is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS: <\/strong> Mikel Arteta very excited about three Arsenal youngsters who could play vs PSV<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Gabriel Martinelli did miss the flight through illness but is not expected to be out for long. On the plus side, among the internationals jetting out was Emile Smith Rowe – as the England player makes his latest tentative return to the side having last played in October.<\/p>\n

A recent knee injury picked up nine weeks ago after he had struggled with a persistent groin injury last season has intensified the frustration over the time spent on the sidelines. Ironically, he had been given a standing ovation by Arsenal fans in the reverse fixture in September when they thought he was over the worse.<\/p>\n

But Arteta maintains that ability that earned him three caps and a goal for Gareth Southgate in 2021 is still within him. \u201cWhat he\u2019s been through is part of the experience that 90 per cent of footballers have to go through, which is difficulties, injuries, setbacks and different types of performances now,\u201d Arteta explained.<\/p>\n