With just 45 days to the 2018 world cup in Russia,
the whole Nigerian fans got alarmed when their promising star Alex Iwobi’s crop
an injury on Sunday, April 29.
Super Eagles forward Alex Iwobi picked up a hamstring
injury in Arsenal’s 2-1 defeat against Manchester United in their English
Premier League clash at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Iwobi played the entire 90 minutes in the number 10
role for the Gunners in the game, and Nigerians are eager to find out how
serious is the hamstring.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed the
21-year-old’s injury during his post-match conference.
“I took off Mkhitaryan because he had a little knock
on his knee again, on the same knee – we could see that just looking at him in
the dressing room,” the Frenchman stated.
“Ospina has a rib problem and Alex Iwobi has a
hamstring problem, so we’ll see how well everyone recovers. Thursday will come
very quickly.
” Definitely? At the moment, no, but we’ll have to
monitor them over the next 48 hours. We’ll know more on Tuesday.”
Iwobi has played 23 league games for Arsenal this
season and scored twice.
His injury will be a big blow for Nigeria head coach
Gernot Rohr with midfielder Wilfred Ndidi also picking a knock in Leicester
City’s 5-0 drubbing by Crystal Palace on Saturday.
