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Arsenal Stay Top With Burnley Win as Injury Worries Shadow Prague Trip

Arteta faces short-term selection decisions after Viktor Gyokeres missed training, with Martin Zubimendi suspended for Europe.

Overview

  • A 2-0 victory at Turf Moor, secured by Viktor Gyokeres and Declan Rice, kept Arsenal first, with their lead at six points after Sunday’s results.
  • Arteta said Gyokeres "felt something muscular" before his half-time withdrawal, and the striker skipped Monday training, leaving his status for Slavia Prague in doubt.
  • Zubimendi asked to come off in the second half and will sit out the Prague trip due to a one-match ban for yellow-card accumulation.
  • An injury analysis suggested Gyokeres’ problem looks like tightness or a Grade 1 strain, pointing to anything from under a week out to two to four weeks pending scans.
  • Arsenal’s defensive streak continued, and victory in Prague would equal a 122-year club mark of eight successive wins without conceding.