With Aaron Ramsey ruled out of action until mid-November after picking up a injury in last week’s win over Bayern Munich, the losses of Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain leave Arsenal limited on the right-hand side.
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It appears that has now been confirmed as the Express are citing a report from the BBC which suggests that Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain have both been ruled out for Arsenal’s next three matches.
Either way, we’re now down to the bare bones in midfield and attack as we head in to a pivotal week that could define our Premier League and Champions League aspirations.
The French also added: “I am concerned because we have a big game on Saturday at Swansea and the Champions League at Bayern Munich coming up, and already we are short”.
Wenger, however, admitted using “too many experienced players” in the League Cup game. Wenger revealed that there were no new injury worries, but that Per Mertesacker was the only man likely to come back into the reckoning with at least half a dozen players still waiting to return from their respective knocks.
Carlos Carvalhal’s ambitious side are also only three points adrift of the play-offs in the English Championship and Scotland cap Wallace, who joined from Burnley during the summer, was delighted to play his part in the shock win over the Gunners.
“I thought we had done enough in normal time to take the game away from them, and then there was great drama at the end”.
As of yet, there is no word on whether any of Spurs’ recovering players like Nabil Bentaleb or Son Heung-Min will be ready in time to play for Spurs in the NLD.
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“It’s a big blow to lose this, but those injuries are an even bigger blow for the other competitions”. “I left six players at home and I still lost two to injury”. “Everything belongs to the players, they were fantastic, we put a plan together and they did it 100 per cent”. The Gunners are among the best teams in the country and popssibly Europe but squad rotation is so important to keeping things fresh that this cup is a good way for Wenger to allow fringe players to get game time.
