ARSENAL have been rocked by the news that star striker Alexandre Lacazette will miss the crunch clash with Manchester United on Saturday.
The club's record signing scored his seventh goal of the season with less than three minutes on the clock against Huddersfield on Wednesday.
Arsene Wenger's side would go on to thump the Terriers 5-0 with a second half onslaught at the Emirates for a 12th consecutive home win.
But a huge dampener was put on the night when the French striker was forced off at half time.
And his boss confirmed it was bad news for Lacazette after the clash.
Wenger said: "It is an injury, it looked like a groin injury so he might be out for a while." He later confirmed: "Lacazette has a groin problem and he will certainly be out for Saturday's game."
Arsenal face fierce rivals Manchester United in North London in huge showdown this Saturday. Their top scorer was replaced by Olivier Giroud at the break against Huddersfield and the sub produced the goods as he struck twice.
And Wenger hailed Giroud's "game changing" impact. He said: "The last 20 minutes became comfortable but I would say Huddersfield did fight very well.
"In the second half I felt at some stages it could have been 1-1 but when we scored the second goal the game changed completely.
"We played very well, with freedom. We played a bit on the edge before that." The result made it a perfect dozen on home turf for Arsenal ahead of Jose Mourinho's and his side's visit.
And despite the blow regarding Lacazette, Wenger will be hoping that German ace Mesut Ozil will help to make up for the forward's loss with another sparkling display. After missing the Burnley win last Sunday through illness, he returned to the side with a goal and two assists.
Speaking to BBC, Wenger added: "We got the second goal and suddenly everyone played with more freedom and more technical quality.
"Then Mesut Ozil showed what he can do."
From The Sun
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