Eduardo da Silva played 45 minutes for Arsenal's reserve team on Tuesday as he made his long-awaited return from injury.
The Brazilian-born striker fractured his left fibula and dislocated his ankle as a result of Birmingham defender Martin Taylor's crude lunge at St Andrews back in February.
The 25-year-old had been sidelined for 298 days and has had to work hard to battle back to fitness.
He recently resumed training and was played the first half of Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Portsmouth's reserve team before going off with a hamstring injury.
Eduardo said: "I am feeling very happy to have started my first game in 10 months.
"I hope I can do more, and that next time will be better. I just felt something in my hamstring, but in two weeks, I will be all right.
"The injury was very hard for me, but I have had to forget everything bad in my life and went to do some treatment in Brazil where I saw my family and friends, which helped make me strong.
"I need more training and games, and if everything is OK, then hopefully in two weeks I will be ready to play.
"I just want to play like I did before, but maybe I can be better."
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The Brazilian-born striker fractured his left fibula and dislocated his ankle as a result of Birmingham defender Martin Taylor's crude lunge at St Andrews back in February.
The 25-year-old had been sidelined for 298 days and has had to work hard to battle back to fitness.
He recently resumed training and was played the first half of Tuesday's 2-0 victory over Portsmouth's reserve team before going off with a hamstring injury.
Eduardo said: "I am feeling very happy to have started my first game in 10 months.
"I hope I can do more, and that next time will be better. I just felt something in my hamstring, but in two weeks, I will be all right.
"The injury was very hard for me, but I have had to forget everything bad in my life and went to do some treatment in Brazil where I saw my family and friends, which helped make me strong.
"I need more training and games, and if everything is OK, then hopefully in two weeks I will be ready to play.
"I just want to play like I did before, but maybe I can be better."
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