Arsenal got a crushing blow when they were chasing the title. They certainly have to lose versatile defender Takehiro Tomiyasu in the remainder of this season. Arteta entrusted Tomiyasu to start when Arsenal hosted Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of the last 16 of the Europa League yesterday. However, Tomiyasu only lasted nine minutes on the pitch. Injury forced him to be pulled out and replaced by Ben White. Tomiyasu’s knee injury turned out to be severe. After performing surgery on Tuesday (21/3/2023), he is certain to be absent for the rest of the season. This news is clearly a heavy blow for Arsenal who are chasing their first Premier League title since 2004 ago. The reason is, Arsenal now only have Ben White to fill the right-back position. Last January, Arsenal loaned Cedric Soares to Fulham. Apart from Tomiyasu, Arsenal will also have to lose William Lilina for the next few weeks. Just like Tomiyasu, Lilina also suffered an injury in the match against Sporting Lisbon.
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