Absent From Arsenal Vs Man City's Arsenal Match, Bukayo Saka Failed To Strengthen England

England winger Bukayo Saka (left) failed to strengthen the England national team due to his injury. (Twitter @England)

JAKARTA - Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka has finally failed to strengthen the England national team due to his injury. Saka had received a call from manager Gareth Southgate, but he was forced to not fulfill it.

Saka suffered a hamstring injury when Arsenal lost 2-1 to Lens in the Champions League match. The injury forced him to pull over. However, he remains in the England squad who will play the Euro 2024 test and qualifying matches.

The call from Southgate signals that Saka has recovered from injury. Even Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta also included Saka in the match against Manchester City at the Emirates, Sunday, October 8 evening WIB.

But it turned out that Saka was not included in Arteta's team in the big match that Arsenal won 1-0. More than that, Southgate finally dropped Saka because he had not recovered from a hamstring injury.

"He can't even play yet. He hasn't even been able to take part in training. So he has to be absent," Arteta said in response to Saka's latest condition.

Furthermore, Arteta said, "He still feels pain so we don't want to take the risk to play him. I ended up not taking him down in this match [against Man City]."

Saka was absent for the first time since May 2021 when Arsenal fought Man City. This stops Saka's record of playing 87 times without breaking.

He also failed to strengthen England which underwent a test match against Australia in London, Saturday, October 14 in the morning WIB.

Furthermore, The Three Lions played a tough match in the Euro 2024 qualifiers against Italy. In this Group C match, England hosted Italy at Wembley Stadium, Wednesday, October 18 in the morning WIB.