Francis Coquelin is awaiting results of a scan on the knee injury he sustained in the 3-0 win against Chelsea on Saturday, with a long-term absence from the Arsenal team feared.
The defensive midfielder was hurt in the 28th minute when he made a block tackle on N’Golo Kanté and Arsène Wenger said after the game that it could be a repeat of the ligament damage that kept him out for 10 weeks last season. Coquelin was injured at West Bromwich Albion on 21 November and he did not play again until 30 January.
“Coquelin has a knee injury in the same place he suffered one against West Brom last year,” Wenger said. “We don’t know if the damage is as big. We have to wait for 48 hours, but he left the stadium in a brace, so that’s the one negative. I’m a bit worried for that.”
Coquelin will undergo tests on Monday but it is clear he will not play again until after the upcoming international fixtures. Arsenal have matches at home to Basel in the Champions League on Wednesday and away at Burnley in the Premier League on Sunday before the two-week break in club football.
