{"id":290686,"date":"2023-10-01T09:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=290686"},"modified":"2023-10-01T09:35:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T09:35:52","slug":"saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Mikel Arteta confirms Bukayo Saka picked up a &#8216;pretty bad knock&#8217; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth&#8230; but Gunners boss is &#8216;hopeful&#8217; winger will be available for RC Lens clash<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Arsenal cruised to a comfortable 4-0 victory over Bournemouth on Saturday\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>In the second-half, Saka picked up an injury and was removed from the game\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Bukayo Saka picked up a &#8216;pretty bad knock&#8217; during their 4-0 win over Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners maintained their unbeaten start to the Premier League season thanks to goals from Saka, Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz and Ben White.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The result helped lift Arteta&#8217;s side up to third in the league table and just one point behind leaders Man City &#8211; however it wasn&#8217;t all good news for the Gunners.<\/p>\n<p>Midway through the second-half, Saka limped off the pitch with an apparent injury and now Arteta has confirmed that the winger took a &#8216;bad knock&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>In his post-match press conference, Arteta said: &#8216;<span>It was a pretty bad knock. I don&#8217;t know how he&#8217;s feeling now, I haven&#8217;t had chance to speak to him. But hopefully we can get him back.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/08\/76031667-12580739-image-a-1_1696146098470.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Bukayo Saka limped off the pitch during Arsenal&#8217;s 4-0 win over Bournemouth on Saturday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/08\/76031669-12580739-image-a-2_1696146104218.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta later confirmed that the winger had picked up a &#8216;pretty bad knock&#8217; in the game<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it was a stamp in the same area but Gabi was limping as well after the game so let&#8217;s see how they are.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Saka, 22, was a late call into the Arsenal side for their trip to the Vitality Stadium after suffering a similar injury against Tottenham last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the game, Arteta confirmed that Declan Rice, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard and\u00a0Saka\u00a0had all not trained since Sunday\u2019s North London derby.<\/p>\n<p>Rice has had back discomfort, Martinelli suffered a hamstring injury against Everton\u00a0and Trossard felt a suspected hamstring strain in training.<\/p>\n<p>That adds to Arsenal&#8217;s growing injury concerns, given the prolonged absences of Thomas Partey and Jurrien Timber, and a knock to Fabio Vieira.<\/p>\n<p>It leaves Arteta with further selection decisions ahead of their Champions League clash with RC Lens on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/01\/08\/76031659-12580739-image-a-3_1696146113662.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Saka went down holding his leg after a heavy challenge in the 76th minute of the match<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12580739\/Mikel-Arteta-confirms-Bukayo-Saka-picked-pretty-bad-knock-4-0-win-against-Bournemouth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mikel Arteta confirms Bukayo Saka picked up a &#8216;pretty bad knock&#8217; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth&#8230; but Gunners boss is &#8216;hopeful&#8217; winger will be available <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/\" title=\"Saka sustains &amp;apos;pretty bad knock&amp;apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Saka sustains &amp;apos;pretty bad knock&amp;apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth - Sportstoft<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saka sustains &amp;apos;pretty bad knock&amp;apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth - Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mikel Arteta confirms Bukayo Saka picked up a &#8216;pretty bad knock&#8217; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth&#8230; but Gunners boss is &#8216;hopeful&#8217; winger will be available [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sportstoft\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-01T09:35:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Saka-sustains-apospretty-bad-knockapos-during-4-0-win-against-Bournemouth.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jeanette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/\",\"name\":\"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth - Sportstoft\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-01T09:35:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-01T09:35:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Soccer\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/\",\"name\":\"Sportstoft\",\"description\":\"sportstoft.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"Jeanette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jeanette\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth - Sportstoft","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth - Sportstoft","og_description":"Mikel Arteta confirms Bukayo Saka picked up a &#8216;pretty bad knock&#8217; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth&#8230; but Gunners boss is &#8216;hopeful&#8217; winger will be available [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/","og_site_name":"Sportstoft","article_published_time":"2023-10-01T09:35:52+00:00","author":"Jeanette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Saka-sustains-apospretty-bad-knockapos-during-4-0-win-against-Bournemouth.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jeanette","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/","name":"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth - Sportstoft","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-01T09:35:52+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-01T09:35:52+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/saka-sustains-pretty-bad-knock-during-4-0-win-against-bournemouth\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Soccer","item":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/category\/soccer\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Saka sustains &apos;pretty bad knock&apos; during 4-0 win against Bournemouth"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/","name":"Sportstoft","description":"sportstoft.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"Jeanette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jeanette"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}