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The game had descended into a more scrappy affair and Arsenal were dealt a further blow when Sanchez was forced off with a hamstring injury after pulling up when running to close down Ryan Bennett in the penalty area.
With Diego Costa dropped to the bench and Eden Hazard deployed as a false nine in the striker’s place, Chelsea left White Hart Lane with a 0-0 draw that at least gave the west London club three consecutive clean sheets in all competitions.
Arsenal travel the brutal 14 minutes to Norwich this afternoon (more on that below) and Alistair Tweedale will tell you all about it, if you just ask nicely. What you want from him is to bring more offensively when he played, and recently he has shown, when he is confident, he can produce the offensive quality. Stating that “our team play was very good” and “we responded as a team and played together”.
Arsenal are now three without a win in the top flight, having been held at home by Tottenham before falling to defeat at West Brom last time out.
“Spontaneously it might not be the best moment to rest Alexis but I don’t know”.
Norwich leveled matters just before the halftime break, as Lewis Grabban collected a pass from Robbie Brady, before turning well and slotting into the bottom corner.
Coquelin and Mikel Arteta’s injuries last Saturday have taken toll on the Arsenal injury list, with seven first team players still out with injuries.
The hosts scored the equaliser two minutes later, as Grabban outmuscled substitute Gabriel Paulista – who replaced the injured Laurent Koscielny early on – before placing a composed finish into the bottom corner of the net.
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Wenger acknowledged that it is crucial to have leaders on the pitch and, with the likes of Per Mertesacker, Santi Cazorla and Alexis Sanchez he has a number of influential players but he wants everyone in his squad to play their part. I think he can become one. “You could see the penetration in the final third was no sharp enough, not incisive”. With a midweek win against Dinamo Zagred Arsenal gave themselves a chance of qualifying for the knockout stages and will now look to move back to second in the league table here with a win against a struggling Norwich.
