Arsenal player ratings vs Shakhtar Donetsk as Gabriel Martinelli shines but two players struggle

Arsenal are currently facing a potential injury crisis in wake of their Champions League victory over Shakhtar Donetsk.

The Gunners managed to claim a 1-0 win over the Ukrainian champions, but it didn’t come without yet more caveats on the personnel front.

Arsenal defender Ben White was surprisingly substituted at half-time, with Thomas Partey dropping to right-back and Mikel Merino coming off the bench.

Then, in the 66th minute, Riccardo Calafiori went down with a suspected knee injury, which prompted the club doctors to examine him.

And though Calafiori briefly returned to the fold, he then gestured at Mikel Arteta to take him off, with Myles Lewis-Skelly taking his place.

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