Gabriel Magalhaes goes off injured throughout Arsenal’s 2-1 win vs Fulham (Photograph by Shaun Botterill/Getty Photographs)
Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes picked up a serious-looking damage in final night time’s win over Fulham only a week forward of the large recreation with Actual Madrid.
The Gunners gained’t wish to go into the Madrid recreation with no participant as necessary as Gabriel, but it surely’s not wanting good for the Brazil worldwide.
It appeared like Gabriel was in lots of ache as he needed to be substituted early on with a hamstring drawback, with pundit Tim Sherwood in a short time mentioning that that may very well be his season over.
Having performed on the highest degree, Sherwood will understand how nasty these sorts of accidents will be, and his response actually stated all of it right here…
Arsenal followers will hope the official membership affirmation can give you one thing extra constructive, but it surely appears extra possible that the north Londoners’ nightmarish season with accidents is ready to proceed.
Mikel Arteta is already with out Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus with long-term accidents, whereas Bukayo Saka has solely simply returned after a prolonged layoff.
Do Arsenal have sufficient to beat Actual Madrid?
Arsenal followers will probably be delighted that Saka is now again in motion, with the England worldwide scoring on his return in opposition to Fulham final night time.
Nonetheless, it will undoubtedly be an enormous blow if that they had so as to add Gabriel to their listing of absentees for such an enormous recreation arising within the Champions League quarter-finals.
Actual Madrid will undoubtedly be the favourites for this tie, however AFC supporters will really feel that in the event that they’d had everybody match and accessible they’d have had a good likelihood.
Gabriel has been among the finest centre-backs in world soccer in latest instances, and Arsenal would wish him to assist maintain Kylian Mbappe quiet.
They’ll nonetheless have William Saliba, whereas Ben White, Jurrien Timber and Jakub Kiwior are additionally first rate choices to fill in in central defence if want be.
