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Bukayo Saka: Worrying Arsenal injury update as Mikel Arteta forced into early substitution
Mikel Arteta press conference before Bayern Munich vs Arsenal

Mikel Arteta admitted Bukayo Saka's injury "doesn't look good at all" after he came off in Arsenal's draw with Bayern Munich.

The winger made a bright start to the match and had a couple of dangerous bursts, causing Alphonso Davies problems in the opening minutes.

However, Saka was forced off inside ten minutes. After passing a ball out wide, he went down holding his left leg and immediately had to be replaced.

Saka looked uncomfortable as he limped off the pitch and he pointed to his quad as he spoke to Arteta before heading down the tunnel.

Eberechi Eze came on to replace Saka and he scored Arsenal's opener in the 2-2 draw with Bayern Munich.

That performance was a real positive for Arsenal but there is now a nervous wait to learn the severity of Saka's injury, which Arteta confirmed was a quad issue.

"We lost Bukayo, who actually was having a great game," Arteta said.

"They are a bit concerned. A player that has to come off with a really sharp pain is never good news but we have to wait and see."

Injury concern: Bukayo Saka

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Saka has started all seven of Arsenal's league matches this season and two of three Champions League games.

Asked if this injury was as a result of the level of the workload facing players, Arteta pointed to the ACL injury suffered by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia on Tuesday night.

"Against Lille he didn't start the game, then he started the game at the weekend," Arteta said.

"It was very early in the game. I don't know, the level of intensity that these games require is something incredible. You could see last game, PSG vs Barcelona, what happened.

"This is man to man, 96 minutes, every action there is no breathing. The quality, the attention, the level that you need is unbelievable. It's the highest level.

"Those things happen unfortunately. It doesn't look good at all but we have to see."

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