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Breaking: Arsenal suffer new injury blow as Mikel Arteta loses another central defender

Arsenal are without their first-choice central defensive pairing of Gabriel and William Saliba and Cristhian Mosquera could now be set to join them on the sidelines

Arsenal's Cristhian Mosquera came off injured against Brentford

Arsenal's injury problems in defence have gone from bad to worse after Cristhian Mosquera came off in the first half of their game with Brentford on Wednesday night.

The Gunners headed into the match without their first-choice defensive pairing of Gabriel and William Saliba. Mosquera and Piero Hincapie have deputised in their absence - but the former could now be about to join them on the sidelines.

Mosquera, 21, was seen struggling just before the half-time interval. And he was swiftly withdrawn for Jurrien Timber, though the severity of the issue that led to him coming off remains to be seen.

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