Saturday, 23 February 2019
Emery Hopes Laurent Koscielny Is Not Heavily Injured
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Laurent Koscielny
DBasia.news – Arsenal won a 3-0 win over BATE Borisov in the Europa League. However, the results were colored by anxiety related to the condition of Laurent Koscielny.
The French defender did not perform fully and had to be replaced by Sokratis Papastathopoulos when the game entered its 56th minute.
Unai Emery admitted that the captain had been injured, but could not ascertain the real conditions. He only hopes that Laurent Koscielny would not be seriously injured.
“The change is just a precaution and we will wait for the scan results tomorrow. However, I hope he is fine for (matches) Sunday and next week. He only experienced muscle problems, “said Unai Emery.
Regarding the decision in pulling Laurent Koscielny out from the field, Unai Emery explained, “He began to feel bad. Considering there is a possibility that conditions will get worse if you continue to play, so he will be pulled out.