Xhak's injury could have been much worse, says Arteta of Arsenal

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka was lucky, that in the weekend victory 3:1 over Tottenham Hotspur escaped damage to the cruciate ligament, manager Mikel Arteta told reporters on Thursday.

Jaca, which bounced on Sunday after 82 minutes after Lucas Moura's call, they face up to three months on Marodka after that, which suffered a serious injury to the middle knee ligament.

But Arsenal said, that the Swiss representative will not need an operation. “He probably escaped an even worse injury, because the cross-injury action is complicated… it's a big loss.” We'll lose him for a while. We will try to keep him as close to the team as possible,"Arteta said." His mentality is top notch and he will use this time for it, to focus on other things. We're here, to help him and I'm sure, that we find some ways, how to get around it, because we have really good players, who can do it.”

Arteta added, that Ainsley Maitland-Niles could be one of the potential replacements for Xhaku, when his team takes on Brighton on Saturday & Hove Albion.

Arsenal's victory in North London was his third victory in a row after losing the first three matches, with Arteta being nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Month on Thursday.

"It's a beauty of the sport. We all know, that the perspective is changing rapidly in both ways, so you always have to be alert," he said.

Brighton was in great shape, he lost only once this season and is in sixth place with 13 bodmi, four points before the tenth Arsenal. ”It will be a really difficult match. They were on the right track. We know, that it is important,Added Arteta.

Arsenal's central defender Ben White, which he received in the summer 50 million pounds (68 million dollars) from Brighton, will return to his former club for the first time. Arteta said, that he was amazed by it, how this 23-year-old has managed all the pressure so far. ”I was very impressed… how it handles the changeover situation, high fee, serenity and peace that shows. We all really enjoy it together and we have to continue like this,"Added the manager.