Mikel Arteta and his side endured a disappointing trip away from home in the Premier League this weekend as they lost 1-0 at Goodison Park to Everton. They had to get through the match without Smith Rowe who has been absent for a great deal of this season and then suffered a thigh injury in training ahead of the recent fourth-round FA Cup tie at Manchester City Considering all of his recent struggles, some fans may well be concerned that this latest issue is another long-term problem. However, the club seem to be confident that it's nothing too serious. While speaking about the player on YouTube, Watts explained: “We'll wait and see if Emile Smith Rowe can get involved again at some point this week, be huge if he could. "Disappointing of course that he's picked up this injury so soon after coming back from his long-term injury. Arsenal continuing to say that it is a precaution, that it's nothing to do with the original injury. "Which hopefully is true and nothing is being sort of covered up there. You never know when it comes to football clubs, but hopefully it's true.

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Seeing as the Gunners suffered this bad result on the weekend, Arteta may be keen to have some fresh options available to him against Brentford on the weekend. After all, regular winger Gabriel Martinelli hasn't scored or registered an assist in his last four Premier League outings and may be suffering a little fatigue having started every game in the top flight this term. Smith Rowe delivered 11 goals in all competitions last season but is yet to score this term with just 62 minutes of game time under his belt. It remains to be seen if he'll be fit enough to play any part against the Bees but an appearance on the bench would certainly be heartening for supporters.