Rob Holding: Arsenal defender being assessed by doctors, says manager Unai Emery
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Arsenal manager Unai Emery says early indications suggest defender Rob Holding's knee injury is "not good".
The 23-year-old was taken off on a stretcher in the first half of the Gunners' 2-2 draw against Manchester United.
Holding was taken back to London for tests following the collision with Marcus Rashford nine minutes before half-time.
The club say there should be more news from doctors in the next 48 hours.
Meanwhile, Aaron Ramsey had to be replaced at half-time and Emery said the medical team will monitor the Welshman before Saturday's Premier League match against Huddersfield.
"He had backache and now he's working with one physio," Emery told the media on Thursday.
The injury to Holding is the latest defensive setback for Arsenal, who remain without centre-back Laurent Koscielny and left-back Nacho Monreal.
The Gunners dropped down to fifth in the table after their 2-2 draw at Old Trafford.
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I really hope Holding is not out for too long, he was consistently playing good for us. Such a shame.
Most of the Arsenal team have improved this season. Not sure we should thank Arsene Wenger for failing to get the best out of them. Players we felt were average have turned out to be pretty good since Unai Emery has been in charge. Under AW we probably would have lost that game last night.
We should have had Mike Dean again - he would have sent Rashford off!
I knew Moanrinho's remit would be to:
"Cheat whenever possible. Don't worry: it's OT - we'll have the ref on our side."
However, I fear for Holding's season now :(
Typical of the BBC that they describe it as "a collision with Rashford" rather than "an over the ball tackle from Rashford"
Bournemouth scored - offside incorrectly given
Liverpool scored - foul incorrectly given
Leicester player fouled in box - no pen given
Goal vs Everton - offside - not given
shall i go on...