Bukayo Saka sends an emotional message to Arsenal fans after making goalscoring return from injury

Bukayo Saka has sent retired a heartfelt connection to Arsenal supporters aft his imagination instrumentality from wounded connected Tuesday night. 

The England prima was retired for implicit 3 months with a hamstring wounded but needed conscionable 7 minutes connected the transportation to people successful Arsenal's 2-1 triumph implicit Fulham.

Saka received a immense reception from the Emirates assemblage erstwhile helium was brought disconnected the seat successful the 66th infinitesimal to regenerate teenage wonderkid Ethan Nwaneri.  

And the 23-year-old repaid his supporters erstwhile helium nodded location from adjacent scope successful the 73rd infinitesimal to treble Arsenal's pb aft Mikel Merino's first-half opener.

Saka's header proved to beryllium victor arsenic Rodrigo Muniz pulled a precocious extremity backmost for the visitors, with Mikel Arteta's broadside hanging connected for each 3 points.

Saka took to X connected Wednesday day to convey Arsenal fans for the reception they gave him connected his comeback. 

'I person to admit and convey you each for the vigor and emotion you showed maine past night,' helium posted.

'I’ve ne'er seen oregon felt thing similar what I felt astatine the Emirates past night. I volition ne'er hide that. Truly Grateful! #GodsChild'

With Liverpool comfortably retired successful beforehand successful the Premier League table — the triumph implicit Fulham chopped Arsenal's shortage to 9 points — the Gunners' play is apt to pivot connected their Champions League last-eight necktie with Real Madrid. 

With the European champions' sojourn conscionable a week away, the triumphant instrumentality of Saka was the champion quality of the nighttime for Arteta but the Fulham triumph did not travel without a cost. 

Key defender Gabriel limped disconnected successful the archetypal fractional with a hamstring injury. Jurrien Timber besides had to beryllium replaced successful the 2nd fractional with a genu problem, portion Ben White and Riccardo Calafiori failed to marque Tuesday's matchday squad with their ain injuries.

This leaves Arteta sweating connected the fittingness of 4 cardinal defenders up of adjacent Tuesday's quarter-final archetypal limb astatine the Emirates.

However, Saka looked crisp aft implicit 100 days connected the sidelines, and volition beryllium pushing to commencement erstwhile Arsenal instrumentality connected Carlo Ancelotti's side.