 Martin Odegaard is confident Arsenal have the players to cope in the potential absence of Bukayo Saka against Manchester City on Sunday. Arsenal news, exclusives and analysis Sign up Privacy Policy The 22-year-old's marathon run of 87 consecutive Premier League appearances is under threat after he was forced off before half time in last night's shock 2-1 Champions League defeat against Lens. Saka has been nursing a number of knocks in recent weeks and was a doubt for last weekend's 4-0 victory against Bournemouth. The England international was forced off during the closing stages against the Cherries and it was reported that Mikel Arteta was giving consideration to resting his star player, especially given this weekend's opposition. Saka subsequently started against Lens and helped create the opening goal for Gabriel Jesus before his and Arsenal's night turned sour. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Asked how big a miss Saka, who has score five goals and registered five assists already this season would be, captain Odegaard said: 'We still have some great players, but I think every team in the world would miss Bukayo,' Odegaard said. 'But we have to see what happens in the next few days. Hopefully it's not too bad and he's going to be ready.' Asked for a prognosis on Saka, meanwhhile, and the chances of him featuring against the champions this weekend, Arsenal manager Arteta said: 'He tried to backheel the ball in the first-half and felt something, it was something muscular and he was uncomfortable to carry on so we had to take him off. 'We don't know anything more than that, obviously it was big enough not to allow him to continue to play the game and that's obviously a worry for us. 'The last few that he had, he hasn't really missed games. We gave him a break against Brentfor){kind=link}
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Martin Odegaard is confident Arsenal have the players to cope in the potential absence of Bukayo Saka against Manchester City on Sunday.
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The 22-year-old’s marathon run of 87 consecutive Premier League appearances is under threat after he was forced off before half time in last night’s shock 2-1 Champions League defeat against Lens.
Saka has been nursing a number of knocks in recent weeks and was a doubt for last weekend’s 4-0 victory against Bournemouth.