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Arsenal stars scrap handshakes in favour of fist-bumps at Portsmouth amid coronavirus fears

Arsenal's stars have abandoned traditional pre-match handshakes in favour of fist-bumps - amid growing fears over the coronavirus.

Several Gunners' stars were reluctant to make too much contact with players from opponents Portsmouth as they lined up at the start of Monday night's FA Cup match.

Instead of a traditional respect handshake, players offered their fists to the League One side.

Arsenal defenderu00a0Sokratis Papastathopoulos fist-bumps Portsmouth goalkeeper Alex Bass
Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos fist-bumps Portsmouth goalkeeper Alex Bass
Gunners goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez also opted to avoid handshakes on Monday evening
Gunners goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez also opted to avoid handshakes on Monday evening

While Arsenal captain David Luiz did elect for a handshake, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez instead closed his fist and bumped it with the Pompey players.