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Mikel Arteta is hopeful Bukayo Saka will be fine after the Arsenal forward was brought off with a \u201cknock\u2019\u2019 in the Champions League victory over Sevilla.<\/p>\n
Saka was the star of the show as Arsenal brushed Sevilla aside in a 2-0 win at the Emirates, setting up Leandro Trossard\u2019s opener before doubling the hosts\u2019 lead in the second half.<\/p>\n
But the 22-year-old was once again on the receiving end of several fouls from the Sevilla defenders and signalled to come off late in the contest after an awkward landing.<\/p>\n
Arteta, however, did not appear to be overly concerned after Saka\u2019s early exit. Arsenal host Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday, while Gareth Southgate watched on at the Emirates ahead of announcing his England squad on Thursday ahead of qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n
Saka will be hoping to return to the England squad after missing October\u2019s internationals and Arteta said: \u201cIt was just a kick and I was told by the physios he wasn\u2019t happy to continue. I want to assume he will be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arteta said Saka is \u201cgetting used\u201d to being on the receiving end of challenges after Sevilla fouled the winger four times inside the opening 20 minutes of the Group B fixture. \u201cThat\u2019s not going to change,\u201d Areta said. \u201cThe way he attacks players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Arsenal were without captain Martin Odegaard and striker Eddie Nketiah against Sevilla, but Arteta said both are \u201cracing against the clock\u201d and could be fit for Saturday.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Jesus, who was also missing due to injury, will not be back until after the international break.<\/p>\n
Arsenal would have qualified for the knockout stages had Lens been victorious at PSV. But with a four-point gap at the top of Group B, the north London club will almost certainly continue their Champions League adventure in 2024.<\/p>\n
Arteta added: \u201cI think it was more of the really good things that we did against Newcastle. We didn\u2019t need a response because the team performed extraordinarily well against a team that are really difficult to play against.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday it needed other requirements, tactically we needed something else and we implemented what we wanted really, really well, so I\u2019m really happy with the last two performances.\u201d<\/p>\n
On top of worries over Saka, Takehiro Tomiyasu was also taken off during the interval.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe had some discomfort in the first half,\u201d Arteta said of the defender.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to take any risks because he\u2019s played a lot of minutes. With Alex (Oleksandr Zinchenko) on the bench ready to come in, I think it was the right decision.\u201d<\/p>\n