INITIAL REACTION: Bukayo Saka undergoes surgery, Mikel Arteta announces | ESPN FC Extra Time

[@fm_13]

Cristiano can defend the Saudi league without criticizing other leagues.

[@flgoak9703]

Nevermind he be back.

[@maxp670]

Stevie is laughing and gleeing now .. He will stop very soon as Liverpool will "bottle" n self-implode soon. Trust me ..

[@ktom5262]

Trust you?😂 Who the heck are you, for me to trust you? And how could anyone really know if Liverpool will implode or not? Nobody can know it now, all you do is guessing.

[@samuelolisa-h9e]

arsenal will be fine ..provided all our defenders stay healthy and our med field ..just winning margin will not be much ..but we have all it takes to win atleast 1 zero to our next five fixtures ..we drwa and loss matches when saka is there too

[@4thGenna.]

With Saka out Arsenal could be in trouble and it shows vs a bottom table club Arsenal were not very convincing. Arsenal spend 65 million on a guy name kai havertz but Arsenal are still Saka/Odegaard or bust and that also confirms that Arsenal spend 65m on a bang on squad player that flopped in midfield for 7 months until being advertised as a CF to get tap ins but hes still got more big chances missed than goals converted. Greatful for Trossard putting that on a plate for him otherwise we'd be here talking about anither big chance he missed in a 0-0 game at home

[@Bdbtg28691]

He has 17 goals in 2024 and scored the winning goal again today. Strange time to target him 🤷‍♂️

[@4thGenna.]

@Bdbtg28691 why do some of you keep adding goals from last season as if you think they account for this season where he has 7 goals and 9 big chances Bottled?

[@Bdbtg28691]

@@4thGenna. Because he's been one of the highest scoring forwards in the league for the last year and cheaper than the likes of Hojlund or Nunez that he is outperforming. The most egregious miss of the game was Gabriels header then there was a lack of chances created, with Havertz being the difference between the two sides. Weird time to be bitter.

[@4thGenna.]

@@Bdbtg28691 "because he's been one of the highest scoring forwards in the league for the last year" does not account for a completely new season where he has more Big Chances Bottled than goals converted, a feat that he's accomplished every single season in his PL career, which is why he's never ever scored 15 league goals, not even once

[@FitzroyGeorge-c4h]

@@Bdbtg28691 forget targeting him for a sec. Do you personally think Havertz as your 9 can win arsenal the league?

[@biplabbray7877]

What is the name of the host of this show?

[@miminhaokip9111]

Kay Murray

[@dead_r33d]

Kay

[@sdm_za]

Rashford to Arsenal here we go!

[@Darknighttttttttt]

Arsenal should buy Salah

[@MAYBE673]

Like rodri, he’s rarely rested

[@paulbarnett5837]

Saka out is as big a miss as Rodri at City

[@thetruth1862]

Very true

[@cvaldes114]

Hi

[@poolfans]

Good news for Arsenal. A new excuses now, “because our star player was out”

[@Football-gd7mi4]

If salah was out liverpool would struggle 🤡

[@hyzerbob-omb]

Bit rainy here in Milwaukee actually

[@ayublandscapes4536]

Arteta should/must stop his over dependant on Saka, just to face Liverpool he rushed him too fast after injury, give the young lad a break!!!!

[@lolnine]

Espn need to turn off that stupid background music..its so annoying

[@dreddmann6532]

I like it.

[@23293]

call centre vibes!

[@JosephMartin7]

I like it!

[@chrisrubio2218]

I love it

[@BC-mj7gj]

Lapland is a special place for even for we Finns, the snow mountains, deers, elves are all amazing to see😍

[@v0n1b0]

Germans can have a longer winter break because they play 4 less games than all the other leagues.

[@anilbodar9394]

Liverpool great or others are bad ?

[@Rain188]

Ligue 1 kept feeding PL with magnificent players. How many players from Saudi league can play in PL?

[@mukeshdhami2492]

So u r saying ur league is just an academy. That proves Ronaldo point 😂

[@GauravYadav-bf7qj]

​@@mukeshdhami2492how?

[@b00biemain00]

a poor mans micah richards

[@RubenAmorim789]

Saka deserves to play for a club that can win a trophy, like Manchester United.

[@DayudaFoot]

True ❤️🖤

[@samjall9216]

😂😂😂😂

[@hans5995]

🤣🤣🤣

[@averagejoe5016]

BAHAHAHAHA 😂 good joke

[@TheoWalcott14]

He’ll never join that banter club 😂😂

[@eldio2124]

I’d be surprised if he plays this season. Surgery on a hamstring is insane. If Arsenal are smart they just let him heal and come back next season

[@amadhatter3280]

So he's fucked then 🤣😥🤣.

[@zechssiguro7476]

could recall Nelson, can't recall ESR, hope Martinelli adapts sometime & thrives... pray for a qual 6ft+ dynamic striker in Jan so we can compete with Liverpools spoiled front line ( Gakpo, Sobozlai both 6ft dynamic fwds, Salah & the wolves import world class 5fters)

[@ash-hm4es]

We are only half way through the season lmao. Saka will be out for about 2 months only.

[@sulymanayomide2859]

@@ash-hm4esatleast 3 months

[@eldio2124]

@@zechssiguro7476 can’t recall ESR he was sold permanently.

[@matthewjennings5893]

Arteta fault totally overplayed him. Saka needs to leave if he wants a long career.

[@lovmorvr]

I agree to that they shudnt complain bout the traveling if they keep doing it on their own like that plus if they say the football schedule is so much y they always on a plane in long distance body lagging moments

[@skcrusader54]

It’s been over 30 years since a team from ligue 1 has won a European trophy. Hard to defend that league

[@mukeshdhami2492]

Psg were beaten by al nassr and they win the league every time

[@segineseju464]

😂😂😂

[@segineseju464]

Just say it's a rubbish comparison, Saudi & French league, instead of going around talking & talking & not make meaningful sense

[@azharabdulraus4880]

Stevie is a bore but then again most grandpas are.

[@chrisgacek8089]

Hamstring and surgery- terrible. Don’t be surprised if he doesn’t come back until next season. I’ll miss his good cheer. At Chelsea, we know about the destructiveness of hamstring injuries in our great captain, Reece James.

[@bucklberryreturns]

Reece has had it rough. Good to see some solidarity from the upstart neighbours 😉

[@ash-hm4es]

He'll be back in about 2 months. Saka ain't a restroom cleaner like my guy Reece

[@yohansetiawan1323]

Pep will never ever ever recall Kalvin Phillips this transfer window. It would show that he is totally wrong and he is too proud to admit thaf

[@tomodul2619]

How much did Philip improve to be called back to Manchester City? Even if it was me, I wouldn't call Philip back because playing for Ipswich and there's nothing to take home means you are completely under per. The only thing Philip has is that he's an English player.

[@yohansetiawan1323]

@tomodul2619 he might not change much, but at least wih him back, Pep will have option when Haaland doesn't work. The mistake was made when Julian Alvarez was let go and by doing that City basically rely solely on Haaland with no back up plans

[@thetruth1862]

​@@tomodul2619 Was an English player

[@tomodul2619]

@@yohansetiawan1323 Was Pep supposed to force Alvarez to stay at City when he had decided that he was going to play for his Countryman? The only mistake Pep made was failing to get a replacement. But saying letting Alvarez leave, is a non starter.

[@yohansetiawan1323]

@tomodul2619 nope, he was supposed to be ready wirh a back up. Nobody is bigger than the club and when a player wants to leave then it'd be better for the team if he does leave. The manager has to look for a replacement, otherwise the team would be weakee

[@unknown12124]

Would rather have my Nan play CDM than Kalvin Philips at City 😭

[@thetruth1862]

She is a good player to be honest though

[@sieundanyandika]

Stevie is like a school headmaster. Too serious 😂

[@dead_r33d]

exactly. he's so serious. sometimes it's entirely funny, sometimes it's infuriating

[@thetruth1862]

First, I hope everyone that reads this has a great 2025 love from the USA 2nd I hope Saka will be ok

[@charlesapana9935]

Is over for Arsenal then without Saka they can't stay consistent for far too long

[@ash-hm4es]

We are not Chelshit Palmer FC my guy.

[@bubugaga2106]

i just hope after the hamstring surgery..it wont be recurring again like reece james but highly chances to fucked it up due to his style of play and pace...

[@yelladean2598]

They’ve got sterling they’ll be fine

[@Photosoflife]

@yelladean2598 Sterling himself is now out with a knee injury.

[@RubenAmorim789]

Sterling has been 🗑 since 2022

[@yelladean2598]

@@RubenAmorim789 good thing you know sarcasm

[@sickermann]

Please may Arsenal sign Marcus Rashford. 🙏🏾 The #10 shirt is waiting for him.

[@AntanaPSGàvie]

This will calm down Arsenal fans who thought they were competing with Liverpool.😂😂

[@YirGJohn]

This programme is rubbish...😢

[@MrKaravaj]

So sad to hear but - Congrats to Liverpool for winning epl and Salah for winning his ballon dor finally

[@KenanZlatic-mt6wd]

Ballon Dor you need the Champions League Atletico will dedtroy their dreams

[@MrKaravaj]

@@KenanZlatic-mt6wd No you dont need ucl, have you missed previous ballon dor winners...?

[@dimirockeropoulos6104]

​@@KenanZlatic-mt6wdReal Madrid is the only Spanish side that causes problems for Liverpool.

[@KenanZlatic-mt6wd]

@@MrKaravaj It was a euro year this year there is no world cup this year just the Champions League matters

[@BC-mj7gj]

The Scottish boring old man thinks everyone else’s life is boring. These players deserves their breaks and vacations and to anywhere they want to be.

[@thetruth1862]

I hate that Saka is out but this was and is going to be Liverpool's year

[@DemhaNatam]

Saka kinda reminds me Steven Gerrard with the Liverpool that had so average players around him but stuck around anyway. The difference is Steven G was at least winning UCL and cups . I would be concerned for Saka to hit 25 without a big trophy when he has been so good.

[@samarthchohan106]

Odegaard,saliba,rice,Gabriel,white,partey are average players lol

[@sdm_za]

BUT HE WON TWO COMMUNITY SHIELDS 😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥

[@barugambireismailismail1688]

FA cup winner , dragged England to first euro finals vs Italy, again in 2024 vs Spain , 2 community shields

[@dasiboi197]

Saudi league is better than the mls and honestly is pretty close to ligue one ngl

[@_thanu__bro_]

Lillie and monaco beat madrid and barcelona so desert league better than laliga?😂

[@dimirockeropoulos6104]

This was inevitable with the amount of games Saka was playing.

[@bucklberryreturns]

Injuries happen, it doesn't matter how many nor how few games you play.

[@LtDangle911]

Pretty ridiculous they never rotated him. Like ever.

[@LtDangle911]

@@bucklberryreturns this is just wrong lol.

[@bucklberryreturns]

@@LtDangle911You'd blame Timber's injury on being overplayed too then, or perhaps Tierney?

[@LtDangle911]

@@bucklberryreturns you’re right that not all injuries are related to being overplayed. Timber’s was a freak ACL injury. Nothing to do with being overplayed. But muscle injuries are different.

[@barryboland3031]

Nadem is so bad.... sack him from espn

[@a-walpatches6460]

Huh? He the best pundit they have!

[@eL--RaL]

Arteta's tactics *"Pass to Saka, cross the ball..Pass to Martinelli, loop the ball.. Get corners, hope for the best"*

[@samuelolisa-h9e]

and still his team is second best team in the league and second best manager in the league ..you make yourself look so stupid with this comment ..

[@martinfarrelly5196]

Yeah second best. No trophies. What good is that.

[@Bert-lw1ot]

Don’t you do anything else with your life, apart from spam KZbin with comments? Seriously zero life

[@GIBBO4182]

You crying about Saka again?? Go outside lsr

[@22briank]

If his tactics is to pass to saka and cross, why would he put saka on the left wing and cross with his good foot you tard

[@jazzcat2075]

Come on, hypocrites, tell the truth: the only reason CR7 keeps obsessing about French league is BECAUSE LIONEL MESSI PLAYED IN IT.

[@Photosoflife]

As a neutral, it’s amazing how many people already very conveniently forgot that Arsenal dropped 7 points in the first 8 matches because they had players sent off in three matches. Not to mention how many people keep going in on Arsenal for not scoring against Everton recently. Pickford is not only tied for the most clean sheets in the Premier League with Raya this season. But Pickford was second only to Raya in clean sheets last season. Everton themselves have a difficult time scoring but they are extremely difficult to score against under Dsyche.

[@preethamhazard]

Blah Blah Blah. They won't win the title again period. Can't come up with excuses when they have bottled it to City in the last 2 seasons. And when finally City are having a massive drop off, it was supposedly Arsenal's year. But Liverpool have run away from everyone 😂😂.

[@cepl143]

But Arsenal being a “big six club “ should be able to bypass that this is one the rare times that your analysis maybe poor @Photosoflife

[@martinfarrelly5196]

This was your year. City in a mess and along comes a guy I never heard of with no premiership experience and no money spent. This guy is going to win the league.

[@BC-mj7gj]

Stevie doesn’t understand that not everyone have a boring life like his life, these players deserves their vacations anywhere in the world they wanna go to

[@JJ-zp9vr]

ESPN is crying 😂😂 Bcoz vini jr best player award at globe 😂😂😂 Infront of CR 7 🐐 Neymar Jr 😂😂😂

[@_thanu__bro_]

No cares about dubai dor😂😂

[@Slasher43]

No league title for Arsenal again. Let's all laugh at Arsenal. 😂😂

[@AntanaPSGàvie]

Joke Club from London😂😅

[@JeanEudesLeMarseillais-ki9bt]

😂

[@RubenAmorim789]

At least they won the "Stay Humble Ehh" trophy

[@natnaeldemisse275]

​@@RubenAmorim789 should be more concerned about the relegation battle 😂

[@samuelolisa-h9e]

115 charges talking ..😂😂

[@stevewebster6309]

Arteta should have rested him after he tweaked his hamstring against West Ham and had to come off instead he flogged him and has made it 10 times worse hopefully it will not have any long term effects on his fitness but it does not look good

[@manupattali7738]

These pundit cronies

[@eL--RaL]

As a true diehard Arsenal fan since 1970, Saka's injury is a huge blow for us.. Basically no more corners and crosses for more than 2 months 😢 I guess we'll have to recruit a cross spammer from Stoke City, you know...the original stoke city ..COYGS 🤍❤️💪

[@Yoyo-sy5kl]

Your an Arsenal fan, Pep fan (City fan), Barca fan, La Liga fan, Real Madrid fan, what club do you actually support?

[@gilgoh1122]

@@Yoyo-sy5kl Bro is a Like Farming fan

[@DarthVader-j2i]

😂😂 Finally the loser has a point