Along with some of the Gunners’ unused substitutes, Hincapie went through some running drills after the match, as is standard procedure at all levels of the game.He appeared to pick up an ankle issue during the warm-down, though, and he had to be helped off the pitch by the third-choice goalkeeper Illan Meslier.It is too soon to know the severity of the issue. Hincapie will be assessed over the next 48 hours ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League match at home to Lille on Tuesday night.Hincapie has only played a bit-part role in the early days of Arsenal’s title defence, due to a minor injury which forced him to drop out of Ecuador duty in this international break.He has only started one match so far this campaign - the 2-0 defeat of Napoli in the Champions League - and today’s substitute appearance against Leeds was his third in the league.He joins three of his Arsenal team-mates on the sidelines. Christos Tzolis is the headline absentee at the moment after he picked up a hamstring injury while representing Greece in the international break, while Cristhian Mosquera is dealing with a similar injury suffered at Aston Villa in August.Another defender in William Saliba is in recovery from a long-standing back injury.There was some good news on the fitness front for Arsenal this weekend, though, as Kai Havertz and Ezri Konsa recovered from issues of their own in time to face Leeds.
Arsenal get new injury concern as Piero Hincapie 'carried off' after Leeds win
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