Arteta gives update on Tomiyasu’s injury ahead of game vs Chelsea

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed he is awaiting update on the injury that forced Takehiro Tomiyasu off during their 1-0 victory against FC Zurich.

The full-back who came in as a substitute for Ben White on 73 minutes limped off in last two minutes to the end of the match after picking up an issue.

Arteta said that he swiftly decided to withdraw him as a precaution, hoping to avoid any further damage.

Speaking post-match against Zurich, he said: “We don’t know [what the issue is]. He felt something and we didn’t want to take any risks. With the amount of games that we’re playing, it’s part of it. It can happen in training, it can happen in games and unfortunately, it happened to Tomi today.

“The rest of the players have to be ready because we’re going to need everybody now. We have managed the load of the players in the last four weeks because of the amount of games that we have played.

“It is very difficult to get the balance and to get the right performances and win matches, and resting some players and keeping them fresh is always challenging, we have tried to do our best. Today we had bad news with Tomiyasu, but I think for the rest it has worked pretty well.”