Mikel Arteta's fascinating insight into Arsenal's recent injuries 🧠
"We had three very similar actions with three injuries, two groins and one hamstring. There is a push when people are trying to accelerate, so to replicate that in training is very difficult.
"Gabriel Magalhaes, for example, when he injured his hamstring he had to track 50m backwards and the one he was chasing was Adama Traore. If instead it was Emile [Smith Rowe], with all respect, probably he doesn't pull his hamstring because the last time he went to 34KPH was six weeks ago. So he didn't have any exposure there.
"Can I train that? I don't think I can. Maybe before that he had to do two very explosive actions, or maybe none and that's the moment where the muscle/tendon reacts or not."
By HaytersTV
October 3, 2025