Bukayo Saka hobbled away clutching his hamstring as England suffered a first-ever defeat to Greece.
This would be a worrying news for Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta who is without captain Martin Odegaard and is also without Ben White and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Netherlands star Julien Timber also missed Arsenal’s 3-1 win against Southampton at the Emirates stadium.
Saka started Thursday’s 2-1 Nations League loss at Wembley in a part of an attack-minded line-up from interim manager Lee Carsley.
Greece took the lead on 49 minutes in what proved to be a double blow.
Having missed a challenge on goalscorer Vangelis Pavlidis, Saka went down injured after the ball hit the back of the net. He couldn’t continue and was subbed off for Chelsea winger Noni Madueke.
Shortly after netting the opening goal through Benfica striker Pavlidis, Greece briefly thought they’d scored again.
Olympiacos winger Masouras finished well past Pickford but Pavlidis was adjudged to have been offside in the build-up and the goal was disallowed.
Jude Bellingham stepped up to make it 1-1 with two minutes of normal time remaining. But Pavlidis finished off a scramble in the 94th minute and condemned England to their first competitive defeat at Wembley in four years
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HAHAHAHAHA! I laugh in Greek. England humiliated at Wembley.
The score should have been 4-1.
All those Greek goals disallowed. Close margins.
Very curious formation by Mr. Carsley. He had only one natural midfielder on the pitch in Rice.
Three false nines in Bellingham, Foden and Palmer. Saka on the right, and Gordon on the left. A very strange 4-1-5 formation when they had the ball, and 4-6-0 without the ball.
If Greece had not won this match, it would have been GROSS INJUSTICE. The win was thoroughly deserved.
Palmer was completely lost. Apart from Bellingham who tried in vain to lift the team, it was a game to forget for the rest of the English players.
Poor Solanke. He comes back into the England squad after a long hiatus, and his first game is a home defeat to Greece. Right there at Wembley.
BTW, speedy recovery to Saka. Get back soon buddy.