Mikel Arteta defended his decision to play Bukayo Saka as the Arsenal winger limped out of their Champions League defeat to Lens.The Gunners had taken the lead through Gabriel Jesus but Adrien Thomasson levelled following a David Raya error before Saka hobbled out of the game.Lens would go on to win 2-1 courtesy of a second-half strike from Elye Wahi but it was the injury to Saka that will have concerned Arteta more.The Arsenal boss described Saka's injury as a "knock" at full-time, adding the club are now waiting to see the extent of the issue.
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00:00 like he's limped out of two or three games.
00:02 Any regrets about starting him tonight?
00:05 No, it was a knock that he had the other day
00:07 and he was perfectly fine.
00:09 It was an action, it was the back heel.
00:11 It's an action that can produce that type of injury.
00:14 Let's see what the sense of it is
00:16 and afterwards it's too late as well.
00:19 Well, but there were more knocks than any other thing.
00:22 The last few that he had, he hasn't really missed games.
00:25 You know, we give him a break
00:27 against Brentford in the Carabao Cup
00:29 and that was all.