{"id":292281,"date":"2023-10-03T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T21:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=292281"},"modified":"2023-10-03T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T21:24:25","slug":"bukayo-saka-subbed-off-with-injury-vs-lens-ahead-of-man-city-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/bukayo-saka-subbed-off-with-injury-vs-lens-ahead-of-man-city-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bukayo Saka subbed off with injury vs Lens ahead of Man City clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Arsenal suffer injury blow as Bukayo Saka is subbed off during Champions League clash against Lens after having only just recovered from a knock, ahead of next week&#8217;s showdown against Man City<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Bukayo Saka was substituted with an injury during Arsenal&#8217;s tie against Lens\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It comes as he suffered an injury and was substituted against Bournemouth<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Click HERE to listen to the latest episode of Mail Sport&#8217;s &#8216;It&#8217;s All Kicking Off&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bukayo Saka was substituted with an injury during Arsenal&#8217;s Champions League clash against Lens on Tuesday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was taken from the field in the 34th minute of the match and is the second time in two matches that he&#8217;s suffered a knock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t look good for the English winger either, who was seen wincing in pain as the physio team arrived onto the pitch to treat him.<\/p>\n<p>He left the field early during Arsenal&#8217;s 4-0 win against Bournemouth on Saturday, but had returned to training on Monday in what was a huge boost to Mikel Arteta&#8217;s side, with a monumental clash against Manchester City coming up at the Emirates Stadium this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old had provided the assist to tee up Gabriel Jesus, who had also returned to training on Monday, for Arsenal&#8217;s opener against the Ligue 1\u00a0outfit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/21\/76131421-12590387-image-a-46_1696365802232.jpg\" height=\"394\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bukayo Saka (pictured) suffered another injury during Arsenal&#8217;s Champions League clash against Lens<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/21\/76131419-12590387-image-a-44_1696365452237.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second injury he has picked up in two games with Arsenal set to take on Man Cityon Sunday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/21\/76131423-12590387-image-m-48_1696365977576.jpg\" height=\"436\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta (left) will he hoping his injury is not major, with Saka being pivotal for the Gunners this season\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lens pulled another back through Adrien Thomasson, before Elye Wahi placed the ball past David Raya in goal to put the hosts 2-1 up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But once again, his fitness is in doubt, with Martin Keown lauding the 22-year-old on TNT Sports during the match. He said: &#8216;He&#8217;s a wonderful talent, no doubt about that.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He draws players in to contact. I\u2019m worried about this one though&#8230; is it his hamstring?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/03\/21\/76130633-12590387-image-a-49_1696366043811.jpg\" height=\"483\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>After he was injured at the weekend, Saka returned to training in a huge boost to Arteta&#8217;s side<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And with Man City coming up at the weekend they got him out of there as quick as possible and fingers crossed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But you know, it&#8217;s the workload in games. We had the World Cup to prepare for this time last year and successive seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;He&#8217;s such a young man, so they have to protect him and that&#8217;s a big loss if he is unavailable at the weekend.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Saka has been pivotal for the Gunners this season, returning four goals and three assists across his last eight appearances across all competitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12590387\/Arsenal-suffer-injury-blow-Bukayo-Saka-subbed-Champions-League-clash-against-Lens-having-just-recovered-knock-MONDAY-ahead-weeks-showdown-against-Man-City.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal suffer injury blow as Bukayo Saka is subbed off during Champions League clash against Lens after having only just recovered from a knock, ahead of next week&#8217;s showdown against Man City Bukayo Saka was substituted with an injury during Arsenal&#8217;s tie against Lens\u00a0 It comes as he suffered an injury and was substituted against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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