📸 Arsenal dealt early blow ahead of a defining week

Arsenal’s bid to claw back the Premier League title race has been struck an early blow.

Just minutes into Tuesday’s clash with Fulham, Mikel Arteta’s side saw Gabriel forced out of the action with a suspected hamstring injury.

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The Brazil international’s reaction as he left the pitch suggested that the Gunners could be facing a spell without their influential central defender.

Given the Londoners also do battle with Real Madrid in their Champions League quarter-final first leg next week, it could not have been worse timed.

Is this the moment that their season hits a stumbling block?

📸 GLYN KIRK – AFP or licensors