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Mikel Arteta urges his Arsenal team to do MORE to protect Bukayo Saka - who limped off with a knock against Nottingham Forest last month - insisting that the better the England star gets, the more he will targeted

Mikel Arteta has warned Bukayo Saka that the better he becomes, the more he will be targeted - but the manager insists Saka's Arsenal team-mates can do more to protect him.

The England forward hobbled off against Nottingham Forest recently after one a number of hefty challenges this season.

'The better the players become, the bigger target they become because people try and find ways to stop him,' Arteta said ahead of tonight's trip to Wolves.

Mikel Arteta admitted his Arsenal players could do more to protect star winger Bukayo Saka

'The referees have the duties to deal with that.