Martinelli injury

The positive injury news surrounding Gabriel Martinelli seems to only get better and better for Arsenal fans. The 19-year old was injured in the warm up ahead of the Newcastle match in which Arsenal came away 2-0 winners and progressed to the fourth round of the FA Cup.

He was seen in the stands with a medical boot around his ankle and a cover over his leg to keep it warm. Arteta spoke after the match and worried plenty of Gunners supporters by saying that the young Brazilian was seen crying and that it did not look good at the time regarding his ankle strain.

“I am gutted. I was in my office before the game and one of the coaches came in and told me that Gabi had hurt himself, that he’d twisted his ankle,” said Arteta

LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 22: Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal is helped off as he replaced due to injury during the Carabao Cup Quarter Final match between Arsenal and Manchester City at Emirates Stadium on December 22, 2020 in London, England. The match will be played without fans, behind closed doors as a Covid-19 precaution. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

“I went to the medical room and he was in tears. He was in a lot of pain and we’re going to have to see how he is. It didn’t look good. He was in pain so I imagine that we’re not going to have good news with him.”

“We really want to know what’s going on. He’s a character and he wants to play the next game. He doesn’t care and can handle pain but I don’t know. Hopefully there is nothing too serious but to start with, it didn’t look too good.”

Back earlier than expected

However, despite the exaggerative nature of the Spaniard’s comments, it appears that he may have misjudged the situation. Arteta will not dwell on this mistake however as it appears that the 19 year-old will be fit and ready for Arsenal much sooner than expected.

Arsenal provided an update on Martinelli and his injury yesterday in their team news publication.

‘Right ankle. Gabi turned his right ankle during the warm-up against Newcastle United on Saturday and was subsequently taken out of the starting line-up.
Gabi has progressed very well and we’re hoping that he will return to full training with the squad in the next few days.’

The end of the statement noted that he would be returning to full training within the next few days however this appears to have been an exaggeration also. In Arsenal’s release of their training pictures, the young Brazilian was spotted training with his senior teammates ahead of their match against Crystal Palace on Thursday.

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It is unlikely that he will be fit for the match but knowing that he is already up to speed and training with the senior squad means that he could be in line to start the match against Newcastle on Monday.

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Premier League table

#	Team	MP	D	P
1	Manchester United FC	17	10	36
2	Liverpool FC	17	16	33
3	Leicester City FC	17	10	32
4	Everton FC	17	7	32
5	Tottenham Hotspur FC	16	14	29
6	Manchester City FC	15	11	29
7	Southampton FC	17	7	29
8	Aston Villa FC	15	13	26
9	Chelsea FC	17	11	26
10	West Ham United FC	17	3	26
11	Arsenal FC	17	1	23
12	Leeds United	17	-3	23
13	Crystal Palace FC	17	-7	22
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC	18	-7	22
15	Newcastle United FC	17	-9	19
16	Burnley FC	16	-12	16
17	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	17	-7	14
18	Fulham FC	15	-10	11
19	West Bromwich Albion	17	-28	8
20	Sheffield United FC	18	-20	5

Player	Team	Goals
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	12
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	11
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	11
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic	Everton FC	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	10
Bamford, Patrick	Leeds United	10
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace FC	8
Wilson, Callum	Newcastle United FC	8
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	7
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	6
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa FC	6
Maupay, Neal	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	6
Abraham, Tammy	Chelsea FC	6
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	5
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	5
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester City FC	5
Soucek, Tomas	West Ham United FC	5

Player	Team	Red Cards	Yellow Cards
Bellerin, Hector	Arsenal FC	0	6
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	5
Hayden, Isaac	Newcastle United FC	0	6
Doucoure, Abdoulaye	Everton FC	0	5
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	5
Dunk, Lewis	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	1	4
Phillips, Kalvin	Leeds United	0	5
Cash, Matty	Aston Villa FC	0	5
Gallagher, Conor	West Bromwich Albion	0	5
Evans, Jonny	Leicester City FC	0	5
Kante, N`Golo	Chelsea FC	0	5
Milivojevic, Luka	Crystal Palace FC	1	4
Egan, John	Sheffield United FC	1	4
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	0	4
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	0	4
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	0	4
Klich, Mateusz	Leeds United	0	4
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	0	4
Reid, Bobby	Fulham FC	0	4
Tielemans, Youri	Leicester City FC	0	4

Player	Team	Assists
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur FC	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United FC	7
Grealish, Jack	Aston Villa FC	7
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester City FC	7
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur FC	5
Rashford, Marcus	Manchester United FC	5
Robertson, Andrew	Liverpool FC	5
Digne, Lucas	Everton FC	5
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester City FC	4
Ward-Prowse, James	Southampton FC	4
Werner, Timo	Chelsea FC	4
Adams, Che	Southampton FC	4
Harrison, Jack	Leeds United	4
Chilwell, Benjamin	Chelsea FC	4
McGinn, John	Aston Villa FC	4
Cresswell, Aaron	West Ham United FC	4
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	3
Ings, Danny	Southampton FC	3
Firmino, Roberto	Liverpool FC	3
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester City FC	3