Arsenal crisis worsens as Mikel Arteta suffers huge injury scare for Liverpool clash

Arsenal have been dealt another blow after Riccardo Calafiori was forced off the field due to injury against Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Italian defender appeared to hurt his knee before being replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly. The ex-Bologna star, who joined the club in the summer, received treatment on the field before walking off the pitch accompanied by a physio.

Calafiori failed to keep his balance as his foot slid across the turf at the Emirats, seeing his opposite knee bend awkwardly to the floor. The landing will leave Arsenal sweating over his fitness.

William Saliba is already suspended for the Gunners' clash with this weekend after being sent-off against at the weekend, while Jurrien Timber is absent due to injury and missed the match on Tuesday evening. could be left scrambling around for defenders with Takehiro Tomiyasu also ruled out due to injury.

The north London side also await further news on as the talisman missed a second successive match and is in a race to be fit to face the Reds. Ahead of the match with Shakhtar, Arteta did not offer a very hopeful reponse.

"At the moment I'm not very helpful. Let's see," he said. "We still have a few days."

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