{"id":769,"date":"2026-04-06T03:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=769"},"modified":"2026-04-06T03:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:24:36","slug":"arsenal-boss-arteta-gives-worrying-update-on-gabriel-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=769","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal boss Arteta gives worrying update on Gabriel injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_65\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>Mikel Arteta has said it does not look like \u2018good news\u2019 after Arsenal defender Gabriel sustained an injury in the club\u2019s FA Cup defeat at Southampton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal exited the FA Cup after an upset defeat at Southampton, as goals from Ross Stewart and Shea Charles earned the Championship club a place in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>A disappointing night for Arsenal was compounded when Gabriel requested to be substituted in the second half. The Brazil defender was replaced by William Saliba for the final 18 minutes after appearing in discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel is now a major doubt for Arsenal\u2019s Champions League quarter-final tie at Sporting CP on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The North Londoners head to Lisbon to take on Sporting, aiming to recover from damaging defeats in the Carabao Cup final and FA Cup that have derailed their quadruple chase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he felt something. I don\u2019t know exactly what it is,\u201d Arteta said in his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to assess him, but obviously, when a player is asking to be substituted, it\u2019s never good news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Read \u2013\u00a0Arteta refuses to criticise Arsenal for shock Southampton defeat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>See more \u2013\u00a0When is the FA Cup semi-final draw? Details and how to watch<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FootyFaithful\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thefootballfaithfull\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootyFaithful_\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCUgN0WQEhxRbfTdlbkEG7zQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mikel Arteta has said it does not look like \u2018good news\u2019 after Arsenal defender Gabriel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}