Eduardo suffers new injury misery

Arsenal striker Eduardo has suffered another injury blow just days after crowning his comeback from a year out with a broken leg with two goals in the 4-0 FA Cup win over Cardiff.

The Brazilian-born, Croatia international damaged his hamstring in Monday’s fourth round tie at the Emirates and will now be sidelined for a fortnight.

“Eduardo is out for two weeks,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. “He picked up a hamstring injury two minutes before I took him off. What a nightmare.

“It is nothing like he had before but I do know that little set-backs like this are part of being nine months out. But at the same time it is a blow because, of course, he can score goals. He had shown that on Monday night.”

With Emmanuel Adebayor also out with a hamstring injury, Wenger will again be forced to juggle his limited forward resources against Sunderland on Saturday although he will freshen up his supply lines with the introduction of Russian playmaker Andrei Arshavin for his debut.