London  - Arsenal striker Eduardo will miss the next fortnight with a hamstring injury, the club confirmed on Thursday.

The Croatia international scored twice in Arsenal's 4-0 win over Cardiff City in the FA Cup on Monday, his first game back after a year out with a broken leg.

He was substituted after 67 minutes.

"Eduardo is out for two weeks," manager Arsene Wenger told Arsenal TV Online.

"He picked up a hamstring injury two minutes before I took him off. What a nightmare.

"Nobody knows how it happened but I knew straight away after the game it would be a two-week job.

"It is nothing like he had before but I do know that little setbacks like this are part of being nine months out.

"After that long out nobody plays six months on the trot. It is impossible.

"But at the same time it is a blow because, of course, he can score goals. He had shown that on Monday night." dpa