Arsenal suffer huge Kieran Tierney setback

Kieran Tierney sustained a knee damage on worldwide obligation with Scotland (Image: Getty)

Arsenal full-back Kieran Tierney has been dominated out till the tip of the season in a significant setback to the north London membership’s hopes of ending within the prime 4.

The previous Celtic star suffered a knee damage on worldwide obligation and missed final night time’s damaging 3-0 defeat in opposition to Crystal Palace.

Tierney was on account of see a specialist on Tuesday and, in keeping with The Athletic, is not going to function through the run-in and can also be a doubt for Scotland’s World Cup play-off, scheduled for June.

Nuno Tavares was substituted at half-time in opposition to Crystal Palace (Image: Getty)

The 24-year-old has struggled with accidents all through his profession however had been having fun with a powerful season and had began Arsenal’s earlier 14 Premier League video games previous to final night time’s defeat at Selhurst Park.

Tierney will now endure surgical procedure leaving Mikel Arteta reliant on Nuno Tavares, the summer season signing from Benfica who has struggled badly on his two most up-to-date begins, following a vibrant begin to his Arsenal profession.

The previous Benfica left-back was hauled off earlier than half-time throughout January’s FA Cup defeat at Nottingham Forest and was hooked on the break final night time after he was at fault for Palace’s second objective.

‘At present was only a tactical cause for the way I needed to do it with what Palace was doing and the way we might assault and management the sport a lot better in that place,’ mentioned Arteta when requested to elucidate his choice to substitute Tavares in opposition to the Eagles.

‘We needed to place one other attacking midfielder with Emile in that house and that was the one cause. I’m sorry that it was Nuno once more, however we needed to do it.’

Arsenal stay within the hunt for fourth place and can look to get their season again on monitor in opposition to Brighton on Saturday.

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