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Kieran Tierney issues positive injury update after knee surgery but Arsenal star is set to miss rest of the Premier League season in blow to their top four hopes and faces fitness race for Scotland's World Cup play-offs

Arsenal star Kieran Tierney has provided a positive update after he underwent knee surgery.

The 24-year-old left-back is expected to miss the remainder of the Premier League season in a blow to the Gunners' hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

And it will be touch and go to see if Tierney makes it for Scotland's World Cup play-off matches in June.

Arsenal's Kieran Tierney offered a positive update after undergoing knee surgery this week
The left-back's absence for the remainder of the season is a blow for Arsenal's top four hopes

But Tierney took to social media on Thursday night after he went under the knife. Smiling while sitting on his hospital bed, he wrote: 'Op went well.