Mikel Arteta responds to Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag after Arsenal injury comments
manchestereveningnews.co.ukArsenal manager Mikel Arteta appeared to hit back at Erik ten Hag after the Manchester United boss suggested the Gunners have benefitted from a lack of injuries this season.
Earlier this week, Ten Hag claimed that the London outfit had been somewhat fortunate with their injury record. Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League table, but were knocked out of the Europa League by Sporting Lisbon on Thursday night.
United, meanwhile, find themselves 16 points behind the Gunners in the top-flight, albeit having having played a game less. However, Ten Hag's men are still in the hunt for Europa League and FA Cup glory this campaign, having already won the Carabao Cup by defeating Newcastle at Wembley last month. ALSO READ: Erik ten Hag on Manchester United plan for coping without Casemiro When asked about the Reds' injury issues after their Europa League win over Real Betis on Thursday, Ten Hag said: "I think until now we’ve only had one game where the whole squad was available.
We had only one game like that. "That was the only time. When you see all season we have had some setbacks, every time we’ve dealt with it.
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