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Arsenal still waiting to seal deal for Egypt star Mohamed Elneny

“Rosicky is not far away, Welbeck will be three or four weeks so hopefully we will get our players back”. It was vital because you had that pressure to win trophies.

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The former Chelsea stopper has since gone on to break the Premier League clean sheet record and has drawn plenty of plaudits for his form as Arsenal squeezed through in Europe while moving clear at the top of the league. Wenger remains adamant that prioritising between the three main competitions is simply not practical.

Besides that win at Bournemouth, their only victory was in the League Cup against midlands rivals Birmingham City and they will be wary of an upset against fourth tier Wycombe Wanderers. You can not imagine how big it is overseas. I can tell you only my point of view – that we want to go for the competition and take it 100 per cent.

But Chambers insists there will be no lack of incentive to deliver success in the main domestic cup competition. I’ve won the FA Cup six times. In the whole history, nobody has won it more.

“The FA Cup has been fantastic for me”, added Wenger. Arsenal are both the league leaders and the FA Cup holders, this is a team flying high at the moment and Arsene Wenger’s side have been excellent this season. Wenger countered on Friday by saying that it was no different to handling midweek European fixtures and he still expects a strong Sunderland line-up.

If Arsenal wins the cup this year, they will be the first team since 1886 to do so.

The Gunners are topping the Premier League and, with the 66-year-old surely close to retirement, a triumphant domestic double could be on the cards this season.

Ospina has had to wait a long time to make amends for his mistake against Olympiakos in the Champions League.

“When you have two good players you have always a chance to make the right decision”.

“Sanchez is still a bit short and will not play against Liverpool next week either”, Wenger stated. When he needed extra quality, he brought on firepower from the bench in Aaron Ramsey, who scored Arsenal’s second goal.

Speaking to the club’s official website, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has highlighted the differences between Petr Cech and David Ospina.

“I believe that Ospina is not treated fairly”, he said.

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Lens took advantage of some static defending from Arsenal just after the quarter hour, nipping in ahead of Laurent Koscielny before curling a shot beyond Petr Cech.

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