Arsenal fans will still be reeling from the unfortunate loss to Manchester United in the Third Round of the FA Cup but things got from bad to worse for Mikel Arteta’s men when Gabriel Jesus suffered an injury after colliding with Bruno Fernandes in the first half. While the Manchester United captain was petulant looking for a free kick from the referee, Jesus remained on the ground grimacing in pain.

The physios came around, spent some considerable time with him and when the medics arrived on the pitch with a stretcher, I feared the worst. Arsenal has confirmed that Gabriel Jesus has suffered an injury to his anterior cruciate ligament,

Further to being substituted during our match with Manchester United on Sunday, Gabriel Jesus has received extensive assessments, scans and specialist reviews which have confirmed that he has sustained an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Gabby will undergo surgery in the coming days and will soon begin his recovery and rehabilitation programme.

We will continue to keep everyone updated with Gabby’s recovery, with everyone at the club fully focused on supporting Gabby to ensure he is back to full fitness as soon as possible.

This is rather unfortunate with Jesus picking up some form and scored a couple of goals before this incident. After a barren spell of one goal in a whopping 37 games, he scored a hat-trick in Arsenal’s victory over Crystal Palace in the Carabao Cup and followed it up with a brace against the same side in the Premier League. The good goalscoring form continued against Brentford.

Jesus injury should compel Arsenal to make an attacking signing in January but we have to wait and see how that pans out.

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