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Arteta is sure Saka will play
The Gazette
|April 21, 2025
MIKEL Arteta said he hopes Leif Davis' "dangerous" red-card tackle on Bukayo Saka will not stop his star winger from playing in Arsenal's Champions League semi-final against Paris St Germain.
Saka was withdrawn 10 minutes into the second half of Arsenal's 4-0 win at Ipswich and had an ice pack applied to his right ankle following Davis' late challenge.
Davis was shown a straight red card and VAR did not intervene with referee Chris Kavanagh's decision after it was adjudged that the Ipswich defender had "endangered Saka's safety".
Saka limped towards the tunnel at the conclusion of the game. However, Arteta is confident the England international, who has only just returned from a near four-month injury lay-off following hamstring surgery, will be fit to face PSG in the first leg at the Emirates next Tuesday.
"I don't think it is intentional but it was dangerous," said Arteta.
This story is from the April 21, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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