When it rains it pours in the Premier League. It looks likely that we will face Mikel Arteta's men in the midst of a mini injury crisis; we have striking duo Rodrigo Muniz and Raul Jimenez out, right-back Kenny Tete is sidelined and midfield enforcer Sasa Lukic came off against the Cherries. Rays of light include Ryan Sessegnon cementing his importance in Marco Silva's starting XI with a goal against Bournemouth.
When it rains it pours in the Premier League.
Our defeat against Bournemouth in torrential rain last week was our second in a row - with table-topping Arsenal up next.
It looks likely that we will face Mikel Arteta's men in the midst of a mini injury crisis; we have striking duo Rodrigo Muniz and Raul Jimenez out, right-back Kenny Tete is sidelined and midfield enforcer Sasa Lukic came off against the Cherries.
It has exposed our lightness in certain areas and means we risk a performance blip evolving into a fully-fledged run of poor form, with a trip to St James's Park rounding off October's league fixtures.
It is not all doom and gloom though. Rays of light include Ryan Sessegnon cementing his importance in Marco Silva's starting XI with a goal against Bournemouth. Our star boy has already started half as many games as he did the whole of last season.
Another green shoot is the early impact of Samuel Chukwueze. The Nigeria international, on loan from AC Milan, assisted Sessegnon and showed that though we may be without our first-choice strikers, there remains plenty of creativity in the ranks.
I have spoken before of our inability to rally on the pitch when things go against us. But we will have to dig deep in the next two weeks if we are to avoid four straight losses and a sharp drop down the table.
If Marco Silva can weather this particular storm, then we can start looking forward to sunnier days this season.
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