Arsenal boss gives latest update on Bukayo Saka after surgery

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta revealed Bukayo Saka has undergone surgery to repair his hamstring after the game, saying the forward will miss a minimum of two months in a significant blow to the Gunners’ title hopes.

“He had a procedure and everything went well, but unfortunately he will be out for many, many weeks,” he said. “I think it will be more than two months. I don’t know exactly how much longer.

“I think it will depend on how the scar tissue starts to heal in the first week or so, the mobility of it. Let’s see. It’s very difficult to say.”

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta confirmed that Bukayo Saka will be absent for more than two months after undergoing surgery

There was better news on Raheem Sterling’s injury, however. Arteta said: “We have to see this week how he evolves but we expected the knee injury to probably take longer than actually the way it is evolving in the last few days. Hopefully that is good because we need him.”

On Arsenal‘s performance, Arteta added: “I’m very happy with the victory and the clean sheet and parts of the game. It was a very difficult opponent after a long run of games. It was about margins, and we could have scored more but the most important thing is how we handled the end of the game.

“We should have scored more but our defensive behaviours were outstanding and that will always give us the chance to win games.”

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