Over the past three seasons, Saka has missed just 10 out of Arsenal’s 172 matches

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Over the past three seasons, Saka has missed just 10 out of Arsenal’s 172 matches

Premier League debut six seasons ago, he has never been out for more than one top-flight game at a time due to injury.

Arsenal are rarely without Saka. But now they are on foreign ground given he is now sidelined for “many weeks” due to a hamstring injury sustained at Crystal Palace.

It is a huge blow because of Arsenal’s dependency on the England winger. Firstly, his end product is unrivalled at Arsenal and only a handful of ยูฟ่าเบท Premier League players have a better influence over their team in terms of goals and assists.

But crucially, Saka is a key cog in Arsenal’s game plan. Out of all Arsenal’s front three players in the last four seasons, Saka has more minutes than the next two most ever-present forwards combined.

The Gunners returned to the top of the Premier League ahead of Liverpool’s heavyweight clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford tomorrow with a commanding 3-0 victory on the south coast.

Saka, who was forced to pull out of the England squad last month, miss the midweek win over Luton as a precaution, but was back in the starting line-up this evening.

Not only is he one of Arsenal’s key corner takers alongside Declan Rice. With the Gunners the outright dead ball experts across Europe. But the manner in which Arteta’s side come forward regularly involves Saka.

Nearly 50 per cent of Arsenal’s attacks going forward go through Saka territory.

That number has been increasing every year. This season’s 46 per cent leniency towards the right wing is the highest dependency out of any Premier League team.

“He’s a massive player for us,” Arteta said on Monday. “You have to see the impact he has on this team. It will good exercise for all of us to overcome another challenge, because we’ve had a lot in the season.

“I’m putting some ideas together, I haven’t got there yet. But I have a few and then I want to speak with them to understand. How we’re going to generate that and take it in a positive way. That is going to mean we’re going to be different.”