The draw meant Arsenal slipped to fourth after failing to win for a third league game, but Spaniard Bellerin said there were plenty of others that could follow his path from academy to first team and keep up the pursuit of leaders Manchester City.
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Despite Alexis’desire to keep playing every game, his run may be at an end and it may be time for Wenger to consider resting the Chilean winger more often. “It was, on the injury-front, a bad afternoon for us”.
“Every player wants to stay in the team, and scoring gives you a bigger chance to do that so hopefully come next week I’ll be in the starting XI”, said Grabban.
On moving forward after the disappointment, he said, “We have to go through that spell”.
“The players are there to play football, not to be rested when the press decides that they need to be, Wenger added”.
The 26-year-old pulled up when sprinting around the hour mark, before indicating that he felt something tear in his troublesome hamstring, which caused him to limp off slowly.
Arsenal dominated the first half but Norwich drew level when Robbie Brady played the ball into the area where Grabban was too strong for substitute Gabriel and slotted home a simple finish on his first league start since the opening weekend of the season. I must say with all humility we are not in a position where we can predict.
“The manager has been fine so I’ve just been working hard to get back into the team”. “Cazorla played on one leg in the final part of the second half with a knee problem, Sanchez has a hamstring problem and Koscielny a hip problem”.
Press Association Sport understands the pair are now doubtful for Saturday’s visit of Sunderland as well as the crucial Champions League clash with Olympiacos in Greece four days later. “We looked the team more likely to win it”.
Sanchez came off with an injury to his hamstring after 59 of the game at Carrow Road.
“It was obviously a bit disappointing to go a goal up and to concede that goal was a bit disappointing from our view, but to be fair they did well and they deserved to get a point out of the game”. But the point is that they have missed a window of opportunity.
“They didn’t make it easy for us”.
It’s a difficult task in itself but has now been made even harder with the loss of two key players like Sanchez and Cazorla, so we really do have a mountain to climb.
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“Getting the balance right for us was important”.
