have been hit by one other harm blow proper earlier than Christmas as suffered a knock of their penalty shootout win over .
Martinelli had been Gunners’s greatest participant within the first half of their tie on the Emirates on Tuesday evening, earlier than going to floor after a conflict with Palace defender Jaydee Canvot late within the first half.
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Play was stopped whereas physios attended to what regarded like a knee harm and after limping off the pitch unaided, noticed out first-half stoppage time with out the Brazilian.
The winger did return for the second half however appeared unable to shake off the knock and was changed by within the 59th minute, although Arteta has supplied a lift by downplaying the extent of the harm.
“ is extra of a knock and he wasn’t snug to hold on after the second half,” Arteta stated, with the winger now a doubt for the house fixture towards Brighton on Saturday. “He couldn’t keep on, so we needed to make the sub.”
Whereas the Gunners boss supplied an replace on his defence, including: “With Piero Hincapie, one thing completely different as a result of he picked up an harm towards Everton.”
Martinelli required remedy and was finally changed by Leandro Trossard (Arsenal FC through Getty Photos)
as they had been pegged again by a stoppage-time equaliser by Marc Guehi after a Maxence Lacroix personal objective however the Gunners in entrance and on the right track for victory within the eightieth minute.
was the hero as, after 15 good penalties, he saved Lacroix’s try to arrange a semi-final towards his former membership Chelsea.