{"id":2628,"date":"2026-04-17T15:17:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2628"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T15:17:14","slug":"very-bad-news-in-the-title-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2628","title":{"rendered":"very bad news in the title race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>A star Gunners striker is injured and unavailable against Manchester City. Coach Mikel Arteta announced it at a press conference before the match.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arsenal will have to do without Bukayo Saka for the clash against Manchester City.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-une-blessure-au-tendon-d-achille-pour-saka\">An Achilles tendon injury for Saka<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cBukayo can\u2019t play, that\u2019s for sure\u201d<\/em>Arteta said about <strong>the winger, who is suffering from an Achilles tendon injury.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe has only just returned to training, so we will have to wait and see how his injury progresses and how quickly he heals. But at the moment it is unavailable. \u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Mikel Arteta says Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino are OUT of the clash with Manchester City this weekend! <\/p>\n<p>On Saka and Merino:\u00a0&#8220;Bukayo is out, that&#8217;s for sure, Mikel is out as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will have a solution, whatever happens. We are so used to this, this season.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vDRRX1tY5B\">pic.twitter.com\/vDRRX1tY5B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sam C (@SamC_reports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamC_reports\/status\/2045124448198500682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 17, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-l-absence-de-saka-peut-etre-fatal-pour-arsenal\">Saka&#8217;s absence could be fatal for Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p>Arteta also faces other squad problems. Martin \u00d8degaard is suffering from a knee injury again, while Riccardo Calafiori and Jurri\u00ebn Timber are not yet at 100% capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Merino is still absent following his foot operation. <strong>Saka&#8217;s absence is a big blow for Arsenal, who could take a big step towards the league title if they win.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Londoners could take a nine-point lead with five games remaining if they win, even if Manchester City still have a game in hand. <strong>If they lose, Arsenal will remain at the top of the table, but Guardiola&#8217;s side could join them if they win the postponed match.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the first fan of Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s opposing teams, I am passionate about rivalries between clubs. A former news and sports presenter, I am one of the thousands of football-loving journalists who strive to be objective in their treatment of information.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A star Gunners striker is injured and unavailable against Manchester City. Coach Mikel Arteta announced it at a press conference before the match. Arsenal will have to do without Bukayo Saka for the clash against Manchester City. An Achilles tendon injury for Saka \u201cBukayo can\u2019t play, that\u2019s for sure\u201dArteta said about the winger, who is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}