Arsenal of England winger, Bukayo Saka is up against a serious fitness struggle this week, as his team is set to play two crucial games in the space of five days, ahead of which Gunners’ coach, Mikel Arteta admitted his worries, Sports247 reports.
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Arteta already started thinking about how to manage Saka’s fitness issues last week, hence his decision to start the Nigerian-born star from the bench for Saturday’s English Premier League fixture away to Nottingham Forest.
However, with The Gunners having struggled for form in that game at The City Ground, and they could only escape with a goalless draw away to Ola Aina and Taiwo Awoniyi’s team, Arteta is now in a dilemma.
Arsenal face two big games this week, first away to Inter Milan of Italy in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday and an EPL face-off with Manchester United at Emirates Stadium on Sunday.
United look fearsome after they beat Manchester City 2-0 at Old Trafford this past Saturday, which was The Red Devils’ first game under their new coach, Michael Carrick, and Arteta knows his side cannot afford to drop points again.
Arteta noted: “Bukayo had a lot of minutes and he had a niggle before the game. So, we need to manage our players. We have some fantastic players that can provide different things.
“We did try it from the beginning, we tried after half-time as well, taking more risks and bringing in even more players in those attacking options. We tried in every way, but it wasn’t enough unfortunately.”
