Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on the injury to Gabriel and other fitness issues ahead of their Premier League clash with Everton
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00:00How's your luck? I don't know if you've broken a mirror or walked under a ladder recently,
00:03but another hamstring, another serious injury to a key player.
00:08Well, yeah, it was a tough one to digest because we just got Bukayo back and then
00:14we lost Gabi. So, it was tough. The team reacted like it has reacted all season.
00:20So, really proud of that and we know that he's going to be out for a while. So,
00:24we need to find different solutions and keep competing the way we have been all season.
00:28I know you said before you love the challenge of things like this, trying to work out
00:35a solution. So, saying it again, I guess, this time?
00:38Well, it has to be because we've come so far and now we have the most important,
00:42beautiful part of the season and we have to react to those things. That means that other
00:48players are going to have opportunities to play and the team has to find other ways and
00:53it is a big miss, undoubtedly, but we have the resources to cope with that.
00:58Potentially, even more difficulties in that area of the pitch in defence.
01:05Yeah, Ricky is not fit as well because in the last week or so we lost four players and that's
01:12obviously a big task. But let's see how Ben and Jurgen are tomorrow as well.
01:18And that's it. And keep playing and keep competing the way we have been.
01:22So, is there a chance as we speak now that Ben and Jurgen might be available?
01:27Yeah, there's a chance, yeah.
01:29And what if they're available but it's a little bit of a risk with Real Madrid coming up?
01:36Yeah, the problem is that we have a few of those. So, we're going to have to decide
01:39this evening or tomorrow, very early in the morning,
01:43which player we can play and for how long especially.