Mikel Arteta is sweating on the fitness of defender Gabriel for Sunday’s trip to Newcastle.
The Brazil defender hobbled off against Chelsea in midweek with Arteta making the point that if Gabriel was hurt then it must be bad. Gabriel is as hard as nails but picked up an ankle injury and Arteta remained tight-lipped on the defender's fitness in his press conference on Friday.
He admitted: "We’ll have to see tomorrow how he is, but he could not finish the game [against Chelsea] so that was obviously a big sign for us and we’ll have to see how he is.”
