Mikel Arteta has provided a concerning injury update on Gabriel Magalhaes, admitting that the central defender\u2019s forced substitution during Arsenal\u2019s shock FA Cup exit is \u201cnever good news.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The Brazilian mainstay was withdrawn midway through the second half of the Gunners\u2019 2-1 defeat to Southampton at St Mary\u2019s on Saturday.<\/p>\n DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE<\/a><\/u><\/span> & GOOGLE PLAY<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Gabriel appeared to be in significant discomfort, clutching his right leg before signaling to the bench that he could no longer continue.<\/p>\n Speaking in his post-match press conference, a visibly frustrated Arteta could not hide his worry regarding the 28-year-old\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n Gabriel had only recently returned to the side after sitting out the international break with a knee issue, making this latest setback particularly alarming for the Premier League leaders.<\/p>\n Arteta said:<\/p>\n \u201cI think he felt something. I don\u2019t know exactly what it is. We\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 The loss of Gabriel comes at a nightmare time for Arsenal. The defender was seen with ice strapped to his knee following the game, and with a Champions League quarter-final first leg against Sporting CP scheduled for Tuesday, the Gunners face the prospect of losing their defensive anchor for the most critical stretch of the season.<\/p>\n The injury served as the final blow on a disastrous afternoon for Arsenal, who have seen their hopes of a historic quadruple evaporate in the space of just fourteen days.<\/p>\n Following their defeat to Manchester City in the League Cup final at Wembley before the international break, the Gunners have now crashed out of another domestic trophy opportunity, leaving the Champions League and the Premier League the only two chances of willing a trophy this season.<\/p>\n Despite taking a second-half lead through Viktor Gyokeres, Arsenal collapsed in the closing stages.<\/p>\n Shea Charles\u2019 85th-minute winner for the second-tier Saints sent the St Mary\u2019s crowd into a frenzy and left the Premier League leaders reeling.<\/p>\n Having fully dominated the league for much of the season, Arteta\u2019s side now faces a sudden \u201cwobble\u201d that threatens to derail their remaining ambitions in both the league and Europe.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mikel Arteta has provided a concerning injury update on Gabriel Magalhaes, admitting that the central<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","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\/789","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=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Arteta on Gabriel Magalhaes injury<\/h2>\n
Arsenal crash out of second cup in two weeks<\/h2>\n