Bayern Munich: Luis Díaz suffers hamstring injury against Arsenal, no return date

Luis Díaz did not last half an hour. Starting Wednesday night’s Champions League game against Arsenal, the Colombian winger left the pitch in the 22nd minute of a 2-2 draw in Munich. The next day, Bayern Munich published the diagnosis on their official website: a “slight muscle tear in the left hamstring”, confirmed by the examinations of the medical staff. The statement ends with the worrying line: the 29-year-old forward will be “unavailable for an indefinite period”.

L’Équipe reports an absence of around one month. The figure comes from no club statement: Bayern have given no date for his return.

A starter, not a rotation piece

A former Liverpool winger, Díaz has 5 goals and 1 assist in 11 matches this season, and he was in the starting XI on Wednesday. This is a man from the first eleven moving away from the pitch, not a late-game substitute.

Wednesday night left marks on both sides. At Arsenal, Bukayo Saka had already gone off in the 10th minute, injured in the thigh, and Mikel Arteta made no attempt to hide his worry about Saturday.

Arsenal host Everton with a crowded treatment room

The point earned in Munich is a good one for a side sitting second in the Premier League. But Saturday’s team sheet at the Emirates Stadium looks complicated: Saliba (back) and Tzolis (hamstring) are out, Saka (thigh) and Hincapie (ankle) are doubtful. The market has started to price it in: Arsenal to win has drifted from 1.43 at the opening to 1.50 on Thursday with 1xbet. The full reading of the fixture, absences included, is in our Arsenal-Everton match preview.

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