You are playing for the title and you come here [to Norwich] and you need to win.
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“In the second half Norwich had good chances and we were playing against a team that is physically clever, they defender deep to catch us on the counter-attack and we were a bit jaded, not as sharp as usual”.
“I thought, at the time, the game was won against Dinamo Zagreb”, he said.
“I take information, especially from the medical people who know him and treat him everyday and after, we look at his overall recovery as well”, Wenger said.
The pair limped out of the 1-1 draw with the Canaries on Sunday, and many Arsenal fans feared the worst due to their huge injury list.
Wenger added: “At the moment we have – on the striker front – not much choice, Maybe the travelling as well to South America…I would have rested him today but he felt perfectly all right before the game and he declared that he had no problem”.
“I’ve got 21/22 players that I can put either of them in the starting XI and they will do a job for me”.
With Champions League qualification still hanging by a fine thread, injuries to Sanchez, Cazorla and Koscielny would serve a huge psychological blow to the Gunners.
The coach told Sky Sports after the game that he would have rested Sanchez had the forward not insisted he was fit to play, saying: “Of course we are concerned but you go through spells like this in the season”.
And the midfielder admitted that he was thrilled to gain more first-team minutes as he bids to rediscover his top form as the hectic festive schedule looms large. “What happened on the pitch was not a great experience but we need to try and bounce back so we are ready for the next game”.
“Nobody is scientifically developed enough to predict when a guy will get injured”.
The Mirror report that Cazorla is also set to miss the Olympiacos game, which Arsenal must win by a two-goal margin – or by scoring three or more goals in victory – to qualify for the knockout phase of Europe’s biggest club competition.
Sunday was Ramsey’s first start since making his comeback from injury, and the 24-year-old was delighted to secure another valuable 72 minutes against Norwich.
“He gives me work-rate, will run the channels and retain it really well”. The worrying thing is it got worse during the game. We just will have to up our game in our next match. “We have to assess that”.
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The scan results will determine whether he will miss the entire festive schedule of matches, with Arsenal now preparing to play seven matches in a month with a squad that has been significantly depleted by injuries.
