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Tierney apologises for injury 'joke' and vows to send Arsenal jersey to fan battling cancer

Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney took to social media to apologise after a video was shared online of him joking about injuring his hamstring.

The now deleted video showed the defender stretching with his kitman before laughing and suggesting he had hurt his hamstring.

Tierney, 23, has struggled with injury since joining the Gunners from Celtic in 2019 and seemed to acknowledge his joke may not have gone down well with the Arsenal faithful.

"Didn’t realise this was getting posted," Tierney said on Twitter in reference to the video.

"Was a joke with the kitman.