Arsenal defender Pablo Mari lost for season with ankle injury
Following a crushing 3-0 loss to defending Premier League champions Manchester City, Arsenal were handed injury to insult when they learned defender Pablo Mari won't play again this season due to a serious ankle injury.
The Athletic's David Ornstein reported the news on Thursday. Per Ornstein, midfielder Granit Xhaka will also miss time because of a bad ankle.
Mari started for the Gunners in their first match since the coronavirus pandemic halted seasons around the world in mid-March, but his bad ankle forced him off the pitch halfway through the first half versus City.
David Luiz replaced Mari and had a nightmare showing. Luiz gifted Raheem Sterling with a tap-in goal before the break via a costly error, was shown red five minutes into the second half, and awarded City with a penalty that was cooly deposited by Kevin De Bruyne.
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