'Not good news' - Arteta on White's hamstring
Ben White has started Arsenal's last four matches as injuries mount in the squad
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Mikel Arteta has said that Ben White "felt something in his hamstring" and that it is "not good news" after the right-back was substituted in the first half.
White has only recently returned from a lengthy injury lay-off but has been forced to start Arsenal's last four matches in the space of 10 days due to injuries picked up by a number of the Gunners backline.
Arteta said before the match against Club Brugge in midweek that Arsenal are in a "really dangerous circle" because of the amount some players are required to play owing to the number of injuries they have in the squad.
And the Arsenal manager agreed that White's problem was a result of that situation.
"Exactly that," said Arteta. "He hasn't played a lot of minutes because of the previous knee issue that he had.
"Then the moment he started to get some momentum, he had to play a lot because we didn't have any other solution.
"We had to even risk today Willy (William Saliba) because probably it wasn't their best goal to play 90 minutes because we were buying tickets for another injury, but we don't have anybody else. But yeah, that's Ben for sure."
