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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Suzanne Wrack

Kim Little: ‘Dealing with all the injuries has put more fire in Arsenal’

Kim Little at the Emirates
Kim Little says being injured ‘gives me time to get myself back to a really good place physically’. Photograph: David Price/Arsenal FC/Getty Images

Kim Little missed the key moments that booked Arsenal’s Champions League semi-final showdown with Wolfsburg. In the 12th minute of the quarter‑final second leg against Bayern Munich, the influential midfielder left the pitch with a knee injury that would end her season before Arsenal scored two stunning goals to give them a slender 2-1 lead on aggregate.

“I came into the changing room and I got assessed straight away to try and see what it could be,” says the 32-year-old Scot, who signed a new long-term deal with the Gunners this week. “It’s a weird place because everyone’s outside watching the game and then you’re suddenly just this person who’s underneath the stadium.

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