Arsene Wenger’s side suffered a potentially fatal blow to their chances of making the last 16 in Europe’s elite club competition after crashing to a 5-1 defeat against Bayern Munich on Wednesday.
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Koscielny felt the twinge at the team hotel so manager Arsène Wenger decided not to risk him against the Germans.
What is your score prediction for the match between Spurs and Arsenal?
Wenger accused his men of being “extremely poor defensively” at the Allianz Arena, and keeper Petr Cech accused them of being a bunch of softies.
Arsenal need to win their next two games, but could still go out unless Bayern beat Olympiacos.
The Frenchman was left out of the squad that lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League this week, with the Daily Telegraph reporting that he could have been used against the Bundesliga giants. Amazingly that is the best in all five leagues, with Bayern Munich and Spain´s Real Sociedad coming closest to matching us, but not that close.
Tottenham were the better side in the opening 45 minutes, despite Arsenal’s bright start at the Emirates Stadium, and took the lead when Danny Rose picked out Harry Kane, who sprung the offside trap and scored around the half-hour mark.
The categories are; centre back, full back, Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder and striker and Arsenal have players near the top of all of them but today I am going to focus on the defenders.
Mauricio Pochettino’s team beat Aston Villa on Monday, then hosted Anderlecht in the Europa League on Thursday, leaving them with little recovery time before facing Arsenal.
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Tomas Rosicky, who had a cartilage operation in August, has been given the all-clear to return to running next week after seeing his specialist in Germany.
