ARSENAL fans are fearing the first team will once again be struck by their annual November injury curse.
The north Londoners have repeatedly been plagued by injury in the penultimate month of the year in all but one of the seasons since the 2009/10 campaign.
And the substitution of Ben White in Tuesday night’s 2-0 win over Leeds has left fans – who are already missing the crocked Kieran Tierney and Martin Odegaard – fearing the worst.
One tweeted: “It’s not even November and we’re losing players to injury. The Arsenal is well and truly back.”
Another said: “Pray that the Arsenal November Injury Curse doesn’t do overtime in those three.”
And another said: “Ben White played every game for Leeds in the season they got promoted, and near enough every game for Brighton last season.
“We’re now 11/12 games into this season and it looks like he’s already pulled his hammy. The Arsenal injury curse ladies and gents.”
One remarked: “Has Ben White been struck down by the Arsenal injury curse?
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“Walks fine = 6 months injury table?”
Arsenal will be back in action on Saturday afternoon, travelling to the King Power Stadium to take on Leicester City.
And Gunners chief Mikel Arteta is hoping both Tierney and Odegaard will be available for the trip to the Midlands.
He said: “They are both out with two different injuries.
“They tried yesterday but they didn’t feel great.
“Hopefully in the next few days they can feel better and be available for Leicester.”
When pressed on White’s withdrawal, the Spaniard said: “With Ben and with some others, he had a bug, so he wasn’t feeling great.
“I think something happened around here, he wasn’t feeling great in the second half and we decided to take him off.”
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
