“I’m a life-long Gooner so I’m used to being occasionally embarrassed by my team, but I prefer them to wait until after kick-off before humiliating their supporters”.
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Neil has stated that Alex Tettey (thigh) is unlikely to be fit to play but Norwich will have captain Russell Martin back in the squad after he missed the Chelsea game due to personal reasons. “If there are five or six to go and we are in the race, of course we are contenders”.
Arsene Wenger remains confident Arsenal can shake off their inconsistent form and mount a serious challenge for the Premier League title. I know more often than not that my performances will be there.
Arsene Wenger wants Arsenal to put their “nightmare” defeat to West Bromwich Albion behind them once and for all when they take on Norwich City at Carrow Road on Sunday. We are in a position where you want to be after 13 games but there are 25 to go. Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin will again be missing after being ruled out for three months with knee ligament damage, while Mikel Arteta and Theo Walcott are also sidelined.
The Scotsman said: “You’re always concerned when you don’t win games”. We take the train or coach.
“So that is something new for us, coming up against sort of the bigger teams, with them being happy to surrender the ball and it’s how you make best use of that”.
The Canaries have won just one of their last eight Premier League games (W1 D2 L5). I said that last week and they lost, but this is a similar game.
“The midweek success was the ideal reply to the weekend’s disappointing 2-1 defeat at West Brom but Norwich have won just one of their last 13 league games against the Gunners and should struggle against the visitors wealth of talent in the final third”.
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Norwich have managed just one clean sheet in the Premier League this season, a joint-low total (along with Bournemouth).
