STOCKHOLM (AP) — Viktor Gyökeres was left out of the first Sweden squad selected by new coach Graham Potter on Wednesday after picking up a muscular injury playing for Arsenal at the weekend.

Fellow striker Alexander Isak was included, though, despite missing Liverpool’s last four games because of a groin problem.

Potter was hired last month on an initial deal that will see him take control for Sweden’s final World Cup qualifiers, against Switzerland and Slovenia over the next two weeks.

He will also coach the struggling national team in the World Cup playoffs in March, which Sweden is likely to reach by virtue of winning its most recent Nations League group.

However, the Englishman will start his tenure without Gyökeres, who was substituted because of injury at halftime in Arsenal’s 2

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