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Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes suffered an injury scare during Brazil\u2019s win over Bolivia on Friday night.<\/p>\n
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The 25-year-old has started just one of Arsenal\u2019s four Premier League matches this season but is expected to feature more regularly after the international break due to injuries to Jurrien Timber and Thomas Partey, who began the campaign at right-back.<\/p>\n
Gabriel started in Brazil\u2019s 5-1 win over Bolivia in the first game of their World Cup qualifying campaign.<\/p>\n
But the Arsenal defender was forced off in the closing stages of the game and was seen on the bench with an ice pack strapped to his right thigh.<\/p>\n
Inside the opening six minutes of the first half, Gabriel was also on the receiving end of a nasty challenge as he was kneed in the chest by Bolivia midfielder Diego Bejarano.<\/p>\n
Speaking about Gabriel\u2019s difficult start to the new season with Arsenal, Mikel Arteta said before the international break: \u2018Gabi will play a lot of games, I\u2019m sure and it\u2019s about bringing the competition high and try to make the team play better, better, better and better and be more dominant and win more games. That\u2019s the purpose of all of us.\u2019<\/p>\n
Asked if he has explained the reasons to Gabriel, Arteta replied: \u2018Yeah, especially someone that has played a lot of minutes and games with us in the last year.<\/p>\n
\u2018I don\u2019t know if he understands but I told him.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think he understands the reason, whether he agrees or not, that\u2019s something different.<\/p>\n
\u2018But the best way to do it is when you play, just tell me how blind I\u2019m wrong, I am.\u2019<\/p>\n