Armenian national football team and Arsenal midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan returned from injury during Arsenal’s defeat to Manchester United on Sunday, but was left nursing a knock after levelling the scores, the official website of Arsenal reported.
“I took off Mkhitaryan because he had a little knock on his knee again, on the same knee – we could see that just looking at him in the dressing room. Ospina has a rib problem and Alex Iwobi has a hamstring problem, so we’ll see how well everyone recovers. Thursday will come very quickly,” Arsenal boss Arsène Wenger was quoted as saying.
Asked whether they will be out of Thursday’s match against Atletico Madrid, Wenger said: “Definitely? At the moment, no, but we’ll have to monitor them over the next 48 hours. We’ll know more on Tuesday.”
Arsenal lost to Manchester United 1-2 as Mkhitaryan scored the only goal for his team, becoming the first player to score for and against Manchester United in the same Premier League season.