{"id":661513,"date":"2025-11-16T07:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=661513"},"modified":"2025-11-16T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T12:45:11","slug":"arsenal-injury-gabriel-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2025\/11\/16\/arsenal-injury-gabriel-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal Suffer Injury Blow Ahead of North London Derby on November 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal have enjoyed an impressive start to the 2025\/26 season. They have bounced back well since an early-season 1-0 loss to Liverpool. Since that defeat, they have made rapid progress, reaching the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup while winning all four Champions League games without conceding. The Gunners are four points clear in the Premier League, despite ongoing injury problems. During the international break, key Arsenal<\/a> defender Gabriel Magalhaes picked up an injury during the second half of Brazil\u2019s 2-0 friendly win against Senegal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Arsenal Suffer Injury Setback Ahead of North London Derby<\/h2>\n

Gabriel Magalhaes Picks up Injury During Brazil<\/h3>\n

Arsenal have suffered consistent injury problems throughout this season, including losing Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, and Noni Madueke for considerable periods.<\/p>\n

Gabriel being forced off against Senegal is a blow for Arsenal ahead of the North London Derby against Spurs. The defender started the game, but his game was cut short at 64 minutes, when the 27-year-old appeared to be in some discomfort, and following treatment, he left the pitch to be replaced by Wesley.<\/p>\n

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Brazil ultimately won the game thanks to goals from Estevao and Casemiro. The severity of Gabriel\u2019s injury is unknown at the time of writing, but Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti spoke after the game about Gabriel\u2019s injury:<\/p>\n

\u201cBad? I don\u2019t know, he had a problem on his adductor the medical staff have to check tomorrow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are really sorry for this, really disappointed, when players have an injury I hope they can recover well and soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Importance of Gabriel Magalhaes<\/h3>\n

Gabriel has been the key defensive cog for Mikel Arteta this season. The Brazilian has played every Premier League minute for Arsenal this season. He\u2019s been vital in helping his team keep 13 \u00a0clean sheets in 17 matches across all competitions, while just conceding five goals.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s exceptional at reading the game, making last-gasp tackles and interceptions. He\u2019s adept in the air, which has seen him adapt well to the physicality of the Premier League.<\/p>\n

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His composure and leadership have been vital in the defensive organisation of the team, which has been most impressive this season.<\/p>\n

Despite the injury setbacks experienced by the Gunners, they could have Noni Madueke, Viktor Gyokeres, Gabriel Martinelli, and Kai Havertz back in the squad for the North London Derby, which would be a huge boost.<\/p>\n

Featured Image Credit<\/strong><\/p>\n

IMAGO \/ Sebastian Frej<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal have enjoyed an impressive start to the 2025\/26 season. They have bounced back well since an early-season 1-0 loss to Liverpool. Since that defeat, they have made rapid progress, reaching the quarter-final of the Carabao Cup while winning all four Champions League games without conceding. The Gunners are four points clear in the Premier […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4106,"featured_media":634797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30,8,3],"tags":[32609,4982,4372],"class_list":["post-661513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-arsenal","category-premier-league","tag-arsenal-injury-news","tag-gabriel-magalhaes","tag-mikel-arteta"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661513"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661518,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661513\/revisions\/661518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}