Arsenal manager Unai Emery has backed teenage striker Eddie Nketiah to fill the void left by Danny Welbeck's serious ankle injury. Welbeck was carried off on a stretcher after half an hour of the Gunners' 0-0 Europa League draw at home to Sporting Lisbon on Thursday - a result which sealed progression into the knockout rounds. Nketiah, 19, burst on to the scene last season when he scored two goals as a substitute on his senior debut in a Carabao Cup win over Norwich - the first of which just 15 seconds after he came off the bench. Asked if Arsenal would now have to look to bring in a striker in January following Welbeck's injury, Emery opened the door to the England Under-21 international.

Source: Express November 11, 2018 16:06 UTC