{"id":77629,"date":"2025-08-18T01:39:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T01:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/77629\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T01:39:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T01:39:08","slug":"mikel-arteta-confirms-arsenal-summer-signing-has-already-picked-up-a-little-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/77629\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta confirms Arsenal summer signing has already picked up a \u2018little\u2019 problem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday afternoon to begin the new Premier League campaign with a victory.<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta\u2019s season is off and running after <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/three-winners-and-one-loser-as-arsenal-beat-manchester-united-1-0-at-old-trafford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal defeated Manchester United 1-0<\/a> at Old Trafford on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Riccardo Calafiori was the match-winner, heading home from close range as United struggled to deal with a classic Nicolas Jover set piece.<\/p>\n<p>United threatened throughout, but Arsenal stood firm to claim all three points and start the season with a victory on the board.<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Gyokeres endured a difficult competitive debut for Arsenal, but the Gunners battled through to claim all three points.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"667\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229925034-1024x667.jpg\" alt=\"Arsenal v Villarreal - Pre-Season Friendly\" \/>Photo by Visionhaus\/Getty ImagesMikel Arteta on Christian Norgaard<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal fans were able to watch three signings in action as the Gunners secured victory at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Gyokeres wasn\u2019t quite at his best, but Martin Zubmendi impressed for Arsenal, and Noni Madueke came off the bench.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal also snapped up <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/christian-norgaard\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Norgaard<\/a> over the summer, luring the Dane away from Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>Norgaard was signed as a replacement for Jorginho as Arsenal\u2019s experienced head to offer midfield depth.<\/p>\n<p>The Dane wasn\u2019t even on the bench against United, though, and boss Mikel Arteta has explained why.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsenal.com\/news\/every-word-artetas-post-man-united-presser-0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal\u2019s official website<\/a>, Arteta has admitted that Norgaard has suffered a \u2018little issue\u2019 which forced him to miss the game.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta stated that Arsenal\u2019s medical staff are looking into the injury, and he simply wasn\u2019t able to feature against United.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a little issue the medical staff will address. He wasn\u2019t able to play today,\u201d said Arteta.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Norgaard didn\u2019t even train ahead of Manchester United clash<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/arsenal-fc\/news\/max-dowman-christian-norgaard-not-32292450\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football London<\/a> add that Norgaard didn\u2019t even train in the week leading up to Arsenal\u2019s trip to Manchester, so his absence was seemingly expected within the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The nature of Norgaard\u2019s injury is still unclear, but Arsenal will seek more clarity ahead of next weekend\u2019s clash with Leeds United.<\/p>\n<p>No midweek fixture at this early stage in the season at least takes the pressure off, but Arsenal will want Norgaard back sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>A battle-hardened midfielder at Premier League level, Norgaard could be very handy for the away trip to Liverpool at the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>Arteta will hope for positive news in the coming days, with Norgaard earmarked for an important role in the Arsenal squad, even if he isn\u2019t nailed on as a first-choice player in the Gunners\u2019 engine room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 on Sunday afternoon to begin the new Premier League campaign with a victory.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[498,49,48,47248,20160,561,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-77629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arsenal","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-christian-norgaard","12":"tag-mikel-arteta","13":"tag-soccer","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}