Luiz Suffers Injury Setback vs. Leicester

Arsenal suffered an injury setback as David Luiz departed early in the second half of Sunday night’s Premier League clash with Leicester City.

Luiz had to be substituted early in the second half at the Emirates Stadium when he pulled up and indicated he needed to be replaced.

The Gunners are already without Rob Holding and Pablo Mari because of injury and Mikel Arteta had to turn to Shkodran Mustafi when Luiz went off.

Luiz watched the rest of the game from the stands with ice and heavy strapping around his thigh/hamstring area.

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The injury is a worry for Arteta and Luiz is a now a doubt for next Sunday’s game against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Arteta is expected to be without Holding for three weeks because of the hamstring problem, while Mari has missed the start of the season with an ankle injury.

So Mustafi, who was free to leave Arsenal in the summer, had to be thrown into his first taste of action this season against Leicester and coud now get a run in the team.

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