Arsenal pay touching tribute to injured star Jurrien Timber at Crystal Palace match
The new Gunners signing may very well be pressured to overlook the whole season after suffering a serious knee injury throughout his house debut final weekend.
Timber, 22, solely joined Arsenal in the summertime and was not within the squad for the journey to Selhurst Park, but his teammates made certain that he wasn’t forgotten earlier than the sport kicked off.
When the staff lined up for his or her pre-match photograph, membership captain Martin Odegaard held up Timber’s No12 shirt in a touching gesture for the Dutchman.
The second was missed by TV cameras earlier than the Gunners kicked off however the squad reconvened within the dressing room post-match for an additional photograph with Timber’s shirt.
Arsenal went on to safe a 1-0 win in south London, Odegaard scoring the one purpose from the penalty spot after a foul on Eddie Nketiah.
Timber’s substitute, Takehiro Tomiyasu, was despatched off for 2 yellow playing cards within the second half with the second reserving notably harsh after minimal contact on Palace attacker Jordan Ayew.
Oleksandr Zinchenko got here off the bench late on for his first look since May as he appears to renew the left-back obligations in Timber’s absence.