However, former Manchester United captain Keane, who won seven Premier League titles during his Old Trafford career, explained why Flamini won’t shine in Arsenal‘s biggest games.
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Mourinho said: “I would always like English teams to qualify, first”.
‘Sometimes you have to accept being on the bench and sometimes you get a chance to prove you can still play for Arsenal.
“I would have loved to have done it in this game, but when you’re 3-0 ahead you’re not in a position where you need him to work back”.
Mourinho knows Arsenal have a lot to play for either way in their last fixture, and feels that they would be favourites in the Europa League if they drop to Europe’s second-tier club competition. You gain in confidence, you become better physically, so the possibility to have game after game is obviously going to be good for me. “Calum has been educated as a central midfielder”.
Flamini, now 31, walked out on Arsenal in 2008 to join AC Milan then rejoined two years ago, but has failed to hold down a regular place.
ARSENE Wenger has said he is ready to turn to Calum Chambers in a bid to solve Arsenal’s growing crises in the heart of his midfield. “This team has an enormous potential”.
And it was Sanchez who rubber-stamped the Gunners’ win midway through the second half when Joel Campbell played him in to round Zagreb goalkeeper Eduardo and find the net again.
“It will be tough but I have to believe we can do it”.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho would like to see Olympiacos progress to the last 16 of the Champions League at Arsenal’s expense.
Arsenal will qualify for the knockout stages of the if they beat Olympiacos by two goals in their final Group F match and Koscielny was relieved to still be in contention.
Arsenal was looking to avenge a 2-1 defeat they had suffered to Dinamo Zagreb in an earlier Champions League match.
But he told a news conference: “Spontaneously it might not be the best moment to rest Alexis, but I don’t know”.
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The Ox has been out for over a month with a hamstring injury but could be back in the squad for Sunday’s trip to Norwich but Theo needs a bit longer to recover from the calf injury that he sustained against Sheffield Wednesday last month.
