Jurrien Timber made it lower than 50 minutes into his Arsenal Premier League debut earlier than being pressured to go away the sector by way of damage.
With Arsenal main Nottingham Forest 2-0 after 49 minutes, Timber pulled up sharply off the ball.
It was solely his second look for the Gunners, having taking part in within the Community Shield win over Manchester City forward of the beginning of the season.
But concerningly he was unable to complete the match, pulling up after which being pressured to go away the sector with the damage.
It had seemed like Timber sustained a difficulty within the first half following a coming-together with Brennan Johnson, however he was capable of re-emerge after the break earlier than having to return off.
“The doctors looked at him and they were happy for him to continue, he was as well,” Arteta mentioned when requested if he may have taken Timber off sooner. “Straight away in the first action of the second half he made a movement and it was a bit funny. We took him out straight after and now we have to assess him and see what he has.”
The former Ajax defender, who joined the Gunners this summer time for £34 million to additional bolster their defence, was changed by Takehiro Tomiyasu, suggesting that Gabriel Magalhaes may be affected by an undisclosed damage.
Timber was certainly one of quite a few summer time signings made by supervisor Mikel Arteta, including to Kai Havertz from Chelsea, and membership report signing Declan Rice from West Ham for £105 million.
Arsenal’s begin to the marketing campaign was already impacted earlier than the beginning of play, when kick-off was delayed for half an hour because of a turnstile situation.