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Mikel Arte greeted a “nice moment” later Bukayo from He has scored his return for more than three months injured with a goal in the 2-1 winenal victory over Fulham.

The England striker, who had not played from 21 December, left the bench in the 65th minute to a deafening ovation and immediately after he removed the roof from the Emirates stadium when he led Gabriel Martinelli’s film in an empty net to double the command of his team.

Before, Mikel Merino He had continued his beautiful form of goals as a stand-in of his team, opening the score with a Strike deflected for his fifth goal in eight games.

Rodrigo Muniz’s goal in the arrest time for Fulham has come too late to seriously put the result in doubt.

The edge was removed Arsenal The celebrations, however, while the defenders Gabriel and Jurrie Timber wounded. Both will undergo an evaluation on Wednesday, but with a first stage of the Champions League quarter -finals against Real Madrid a week later, it was a worrying show.

However, Arte was optimistic after Saka’s explosive return.

“A nice time to see how much our people love, admire and respect Bukayo,” he said. “It is not a surprise for any of us.

“The best example is his reaction. What is the score immediately after the score? He goes and says thanks for all the hard work that all the boys of the Sports Sciences have done for him.

“He raised the stadium, the energy. It’s nice to get it back.

“It was very positive (after the game). The first (back) is always that, ‘how will I feel?’ He faced him really well.

“The downside is Gabby and Jurrien. We don’t know how they will be. We will evaluate them tomorrow and we will understand better where we are with those two.”

Gabriel was forced to turn on an injury to the knee tendon in the 16th minute, with the Jakub Kiwior coming. Timber, who needed care during the first half but played, was eventually withdrawn at 13 minutes.

Create a defensive headache for Arte, who was already without Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori and who saw the season of his team seriously shocked by an injury.

With the real that will arrive at the Emirates next Tuesday, the times could not be worse.

“The good thing is that it was so throughout the season,” said Arte. “Martinelli we lost three months, we lost four months, Kai (Havertz) four months, (Gabriel) Jesus almost throughout the season.

“How we managed to be where we are, with all those injuries …

“You can imagine, we lose four players in the defensive line in a week; Calafiori, Ben White, Jurrien and Gabriel. We still have four more, they are so damn available, they will do the job.”

Fulham Boss Marco Silva reflected on a blip in an otherwise impressive campaign while his team pushes for Europe.

“We lost tonight, but we didn’t lose the season,” he said. “We lost three points and we were unable to get points tonight.

“We will fight very hard, because on Sunday we have another great game to try to take it back and bounce.”