Arsenal midfielder Granite Xhaka was fortunate to escape the damage to his zero knee ligament for a 3-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur on weekends, manager Mikel Arteta told reporters on Thursday.
Xhaka, which was teetering after 82 minutes on Sunday after the challenge of Lucas Moura, faced up to three months on the sidelines after suffering a significant injury to his media knee ligament.
Arsenal, however, said that Swiss international would not need surgery.
“He might have escaped the injury that was even worse because the actions for Cruciate’s injury were complicated …
he was a big loss.
We will lose him for a while.
We will try to make him as close as he might be with him,” Arteta said.
“The mentality is above and he will use this time to focus on other things.
We are here to help him and I’m sure we will find several ways around it because we have some really good players who can do the job.
” Arteta added that the Ainsley Maitland-Niles could be one potential substitute for Xhaka when his team took Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday.
Arsenal’s victory in North London Derby was their direct third victory in the league after defeat in their three opening matches, with Arteta nominated for the Premier League Manager award on Thursday.
“It’s the beauty of this sport.
We all know that the perspective is changing quickly with both ways so you always have to be on your feet,” he said.
Brighton has been in good condition, after losing after this season, and sitting in sixth place with 13 points, four points in front of Arsenal at 10.
“This will be a very difficult game.
They have runs very well.
We know The importance is, “Arteta added.
Arsenal Center Ben White, signed 50 million pounds ($ 68 million) from Brighton in the summer, will return to his former club for the first time.
Arteta said he was impressed by how the 23-year-old child handled all the pressure so far.
“I’ve been very impressed with …
How he handles the situation coming through the euro, the cost is big, the tranquility and tranquility that he shows.
We all really enjoy it and we have to continue like that,” the manager added.