Kai Havertz was pressured off in the course of the first half of Germany’s Nations League conflict in opposition to the Netherlands, handing Arsenal an early damage concern in the course of the worldwide break.
Havertz was tasked with main the road in Jurgen Klopp’s first match as Germany’s new head coach.
The 27-year-old lasted simply half-hour of the fixture with the ahead having gone down showing to sign a problem along with his hamstring.
Havertz’s challenge emerged simply minutes after he had fallen sufferer to a poor problem from Quinten Timber, the brother of Havertz’s Arsenal team-mate Jurrien.
Timber had arrived late for a problem and caught Havertz excessive on his knee, with the German attacker instantly falling to the pitch.
Havertz appeared lucky that the late problem had solely seen Timber’s boot brush his knee, somewhat than make important contact.
Kai Havertz went down with an obvious hamstring damage throughout Germany’s match with the Netherlands
The Arsenal star limped off with the difficulty after the half hour mark of the Nations League conflict
Havertz in the end left the sphere with a hamstring challenge later within the half, with Younes Ebnoutalib approaching to make his worldwide debut as his substitute.
Whereas Havertz walked off the pitch, the damage will likely be of concern to Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta.
Havertz has been an ever-present for the Gunners’ beginning line-up of their first 5 Premier League matches of the marketing campaign, with Arteta backing him to guide their assault.
The prolonged worldwide break will give Havertz time to get better earlier than Arsenal’s subsequent Premier League match in opposition to Leeds on October 10.
There was one other damage challenge for a Premier League facet, with Sunderland ahead Brian Brobbey additionally being pressured off with a hamstring drawback.
Brobbey, who scored a hat-trick in opposition to Man Metropolis final weekend, went down for the Netherlands throughout a Germany assault within the first half.
Regardless of appeals from the Dutch to kick the ball out, Germany continued to assault and in the end opened the scoring by means of Felix Nmecha.
Dutch gamers clashed with their German opponents after being angered over the character of the objective, with Brobbey additionally needing to get replaced on account of his damage.
