( pony88 ) Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta said after the 3-0 Champions League quarter-final first leg win over Real Madrid yesterday that the team will have to monitor the health of midfielder Declan Rice and winger Bukayo Saka, who both suffered minor injuries and will have to be replaced. pony88

Rice scored twice from free kicks before being substituted in the 80th minute, while Saka, who had just recovered from hamstring surgery, played until the 74th minute of the game. 

The Gunners’ medical team will now assess the injury and decide whether he should be fit to sit out the weekend’s league game at Brentford (April 12). 

“I think ‘Deck’ has a problem with his foot,” Arteta said.

“I don’t know what caused the foul. As for Bukayo, after he was fouled, I saw that it felt like something was wrong, so I let him rest.”

The 42-year-old coach knows that the second leg in Madrid next week is still a tough one, so he is not in a hurry to boast. 

“Now we enjoy the win to the fullest because we feel it was deserved, but we know in our hearts that we are only halfway through. We have to do better going to Madrid to qualify,” added the Spanish coach. 

“Next up, let’s prepare for Saturday’s match, then do our homework for the challenge in Madrid… The atmosphere in the dressing room is exciting.” 

“I don’t want to say anything to other teams in Europe because I’m satisfied with the result. I just want to do it again because we’re only halfway through, only one leg has passed. But if you want a cool closing sentence, I’d like to say that we still have a lot of work to do.” 

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