Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta has admitted that star winger Bukayo Saka isn’t simply sufferer to tough remedy from opponents throughout video games…he even will get kicked by teammates throughout coaching.
Arteta has referred to as for referees to offer extra protection to Saka all season, with the England worldwide kicked out of a recreation in opposition to Nottingham Forest in October.
Saka was additionally pressured off in final month’s FA Cup victory over Oxford and was fouled a number of occasions by Aston Villa gamers this weekend, though he did nonetheless full 90 minutes within the 4-2 win.
Asked once more after the sport at Villa Park if Saka wants extra protection from officers, Arteta stated will probably be mentioned inside the recreation and a report may very well be filed with the Premier League.
“We will discuss that,” the boss stated, by way of Arsenal.com.
“We will look at the images again and report it if it’s necessary.”
But Arteta additionally defined that a number of it comes from the kind of participant Saka is and it even occurs every day in periods at Arsenal’s London Colney coaching floor as a result of defenders can’t get shut sufficient to take the ball off him by way of authorized means.
“He’s fine – he got kicked quite a lot again, but he’s going to have to deal with that, not every week, but every three days,” the Gunners chief stated. “Sometimes in training as well. It’s his game – teams are not stupid and they want to stop him. We need to protect him.”