- Bukayo Saka scored on his return from a critical hamstring harm on Tuesday
- Anne Hathaway despatched him a particular message on Instagram after the match
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Hollywood star Anne Hathaway took to Instagram on Tuesday evening to ship a particular message to Bukayo Saka after he made a triumphant return from harm in Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Fulham.
After over three months out with a critical hamstring harm, Saka was introduced off the bench within the 66th minute to interchange teenage wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri and obtained an enormous reception from the Emirates crowd.
It didn’t take lengthy for him to make a significant affect as he nodded dwelling from shut vary seven minutes later to double Arsenal’s lead after Mikel Merino’s first-half opener.
Saka’s header proved to be winner as Rodrigo Muniz pulled a late aim again for the guests, with Mikel Arteta’s aspect capable of hold on for all three factors.
Shortly after full time, Gunners super-fan Hathaway, 42, shared a selfie of herself sporting an Arsenal away shirt on Instagram and captioned the submit ‘Welcome again #7’ – referencing Saka’s shirt quantity.
The Satan Wears Prada and Les Miserables star Hathaway beforehand declared her love for Arsenal when a video went viral of her celebrating Leandro Trossard scoring in opposition to Wolves final season.
Anne Hathaway (pictured) welcomed again Bukayo Saka after he returned from harm
Saka scored simply seven minutes after approaching in Arsenal’s 2-1 win over Fulham
Hathaway is an Arsenal super-fan, and a video went viral of her celebrating Leandro Trossard scoring in opposition to Wolves final season, with the Gunners star then sending her a video message
Trossard subsequently despatched Hathaway a video message, as he mentioned: ‘Hey Anne, I actually beloved your celebration the opposite day for my aim.
‘Preserve supporting us, and hopefully we’ll see you quickly on the Emirates.’
Hathaway watched the video along with her The Thought of You co-star and fellow Arsenal supporter Nicholas Galitzine, and mentioned she was ‘shaking’ after being left shocked that Trossard had acquired in contact.
Saka’s return couldn’t have gone a lot better, however Arsenal’s win did come at a value as defender Gabriel limped off within the first half with a hamstring harm.
Jurrien Timber additionally had to get replaced within the second half with a knee downside, whereas Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori didn’t make Tuesday’s matchday squad with their very own respective accidents.
This leaves Arteta sweating on the health of 4 key defenders forward of Arsenal’s Champions League quarter-final showdown with Actual Madrid subsequent week.
Nonetheless, Saka seemed sharp after over 100 days on the sidelines, and shall be pushing to begin when Arsenal host the Spanish giants on the Emirates.
