Arsenal got a big blow during the first half of their Carabao Cup semi -final second stage against Newcastle after Gabriel Martinelli was enforced with an injury.
Martinelli went down to hold his hamstring in the 37th minute in St James' Park.
Arsenal -Baas Mikel Arteta immediately gave a signal for teen Ethan Nwaneri to follow the blow.
Martinelli was seen off the field and the Brazilian is now set to an enchantment on the sidelines.
The loss of Martinelli will be a new blow to Arteta in the midst of a series of injuries in attacking positions.
Arsenal is already without Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus, where the last one for the season is excluded with an ACL injury.
Prior to the competition, Arteta had admitted that he was disappointed by the transfer star of Arsenal in January, and acknowledged that their failure to strengthen in the attack.
A number of players were pursued, including Ollie Watkins and Alvaro Morata, but the Gunners did not succeed in bringing reinforcements.
Arteta said: 'We had a clear intention, a window that is open to explore the opportunities to improve our team with players who can influence this.
'We have not achieved it, so we are disappointed in that sense, but we are also very aware that we only want to take certain types of players with us and we also have to be disciplined very well with that and I think we will do that .
'If you do your best and do things with the right process and you see the people we all share the same intentions and testaments and after you have not achieved it, there are certainly things to learn from it, there are always, but but You have to go further and that is a piece that was important at the moment and now we have to continue.
'Nobody knows if it is better to have done it or not. We will probably know at the end of the season. '
When he was pushed further on the subject of signing a striker, he said: 'It was also a very similar story at the end of last season and it has been for a while, which I understand.
“But there are certain things we can do, certain things that we can't do and that's it. If someone will show that to win to say: 'Ok now is the time to do it and we are willing to do it', then you can't do it, okay, you can be disappointed, but at least you have your best done. '
Arsenal was hit 2-0 on the night and 4-0 aggregated by Newcastle, who will meet Tottenham or Liverpool on March 16 on March 16 in the Carabao Cup final in Wembley.
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