Martin Keown is concerned about Arsenal’s growing injury crisis, especially to their forwards, as they battle to win the Premier League title.

Arsenal have the chance to go nine points clear at the top of the table on Saturday evening when they take on high-flying Sunderland.

The Gunners head to the Stadium of Light off the back of winning 10-straight games without conceding a single goal and some believe nothing can stop the club as they bid to win their first title since 2003/04.

However, Mikel Arteta is dealing with a number of fitness problems, with seven players currently sidelined – only arch-rivals Tottenham have more (10).

‘I’m worried about the number of injuries that Arsenal have. That’s an issue,’ Gunners legend Keown said on talkSPORT.

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‘The manager is doing well to put that to one side. [But] you can’t keep getting away with it.’

Moreover, almost all of these injuries are...