Mikel Arteta has allayed injury fears over Ethan Nwaneri following Arsenal’s damaging Premier League defeat by West Ham.The highly-rated teenager started on the right of an attack led by Mikel Merino for the injury-hit Gunners in Saturday’s London derby at the Emirates Stadium,

Ethan Nwaneri was substituted late in Arsenal ’s defeat to West Ham on Saturday and asked if there was an injury concern, Mikel Arteta believed the youngster was just struggling with fatigue. It was a bad afternoon for the Gunners as they were beaten 1-0 at home by the Hammers, with Jarrod Bowen scoring the only goal of the game.

Arteta has admitted that Nwaneri’s progression has been faster than anyone at Arsenal expected, and he has revealed the two things that have surprised him – confidence and decision-making. He said, as per the Evening Standard: “It (Nwaneri’s development) is probably much faster than we all expected.