Laurent Koscielny played on against Manchester United despite sustaining a three-inch gash in the final part Arsenal’s victory at the Emirates.
The Arsenal captain went down injured in the second half and needed treatment before returning to action.
Club officials claim Koscielny suffered a nasty three-inch cut that needed to be clamped while he was on the pitch.
Club officials say Koscielny played with a three-inch gash in his leg for the final part of the game, which got clamped together on the pitch when he was down for treatment.
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Koscielny’s commitment was indicative of a powerful display from Arsenal, who kept United at bay to move ahead of the Red Devils into fourth place in the Premier League.
Arsenal became the first side to beat Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the league since the United caretaker manager took over in November.
Unai Emery’s side is now in the driving seat in the race for top four with just eight games left to play.
Arsenal bounced back from a disastrous defeat to Rennes in the Europa League last Thursday and Emery praised his players after the result.
‘They (United) were in a good moment after one result against PSG but we had a big performance and we are in a good moment in the Premier League,’ Emery said.
‘To take three points and get a good position for our target is very good and I’m happy for the players.
‘We can use different systems and different players and today we changed the system, after two matches away.
‘For us it is very important that every supporter helps like they did today.
‘Being competitive like today for 90 minutes can give us a stronger mentality.
‘We are going to think of the next Premier League match, against Newcastle here but that is in three weeks and now our focus is the Europa League on Thursday.
‘That is a very important match after what happened away [losing 3-1 to Rennes in the first leg].
‘I hope a lot of supporters come here and make the stadium full to create this atmosphere.’
