Setback for Arsenal: Gyökeres out of match against Slavia Prague

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta faces a new selection worry before the team’s important Champions League game in Prague. The club’s new Swedish striker, Viktor Gyokeres, will be unavailable for the match due to a muscle injury he sustained during the weekend.

Gyokeres has been a key figure for the team since his €55 million move from Sporting Lisbon. He scored the first goal in Arsenal’s recent 2-0 win over Burnley but had to leave the field in the second half. On Monday, Arteta confirmed that the player is injured.

Arteta expressed that the situation is a concern, pointing to Gyokeres’s “explosive” style of play and his lack of any previous muscle injuries. The absence of the forward, who has started 13 matches and scored four Premier League goals this season, will be felt in Arsenal’s attack.

The injury comes at a time when Gyokeres was finding his scoring form again, highlighted by his performance against Atletico Madrid in the Champions League, where he scored two goals.

Further medical checks are scheduled, and the club is waiting for updates to understand the full extent of his injury.