It has not been an easy week for Arsenal, but a narrow victory over relegation-threatened Leicester on Friday evening oxygenated their European and domestic title hopes and the tenacious display was owed to the squad’s unabating commitment in the face of increasing adversity.
Four days after a crushing exit from the Champions League, Arsenal’s European and domestic title hopes hung by a thread while their already depleted squad suffered yet another blow as defender Laura Wienrother became the latest to Gunner to become the latest name on the injury list.
Forced off just 18 minutes into Arsenal’s Champions League semi-final second-leg, the 24-year-old became the fourth in Jonas Eidevall’s ranks to suffer an ACL injury this season, furthering the dialogue around a worryingly exacerbated injury epidemic in women’s football.
