Bukayo Saka Injury: Arsenal's Mikel Arteta on Confirms Star Not 100% Healthy

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta confirmed that Bukayo Saka is dealing with an injury after leaving the England star on the bench for Saturday's Premier League clash with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. Saka did appear as a second-half substitute but could not conjure up a goal as the Gunners missed the chance to go nine points clear at the top of the table.

Arteta started with Saka on the bench for their 0-0 draw against Nottingham Forest but turned to the forward just after the hour mark. The Arsenal manager also threw on Gabriel Jesus, Eberechi Eze, Leandro Trossard and Mikel Merino in the second half of the match but his team could not find a way past Matz Sels in the Nottingham Forest goal.

The draw means Arsenal failed to fully capitalise on Manchester City's defeat to United earlier in the day and could even see their lead at the top of the table cut to four points if Aston Villa beat Everton at Villa Park on Sunday.

Arteta admitted his team had created enough chances to win, telling reporters: "We came here to win the game, that's clear, and we needed the opportunities that we had. We haven't managed that, so the word is disappointment. We haven't conceded anything, any single shot again and generated four massive chances with Martinelli with an open goal, with Declan Rice, Merino and then Bukayo Saka's header with an unbelievable save, and on top of that, a very clear penalty as well that has not been given.

"So after that, it’s pretty difficult for us because it's a team that is very well organised and very difficult to generate a lot of momentum throughout the game, so it's disappointing. You need [to take chances], especially to open them up, especially the way that they played. We tried in many ways, we