Norwich V Arsenal at Carrow Road

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Grabban said afterwards that he hopes to enjoy “a bright future” at Carrow Road and Neil was thrilled that his gamble paid off.

Wenger said: “People like Campbell and Flamini now have a good chance to show what they can do”.

“When you go to Birmingham, we took the train a lot because the traffic was impossible on a Friday afternoon on the M1”.

After an unfortunate slip up in the title push against West Brom last weekend, the Gunners take on a Norwich side who have won just once in the last 8 Premier League games and are barely keeping their heads above water in the relegation battle. “If he played today and he scored he would have said, “I was right to play him”, but he got an injury so we are obviously going to say he should have rested him”. I don’t know if he has jaded his knee ligament or he it was just a kick on the nerve but the worrying thing was it got worse during the game. “The players are there to play football not to be rested when the press decides they need to be rested”.

Then it was Gabriel who kept the Canaries at bay as Norwich pushed for an unlikely victor, and Arsenal’s potency faded…

Hoolahan should have put Norwich ahead in first-half stoppage time when Andre Wisdom’s cross found him at the back post, but he fired over with the goal at his mercy. “He goes to South America to play, he comes back on Thursday night and on Saturday he can play without a problem, even if he’s jet-lagged”. Cazorla finished on one leg, Koscielny we will have to assess tomorrow. Otherwise this season he has been excellent in the centre of the pitch and starts without question.

Back the Gunners to return to winning ways in this one and the fact that six of their last seven defeats of Norwich saw both sides score makes backing an away win with both teams scoring and +2.5 goals attract at 21/10 and 13/20.

Wenger has Aaron Ramsey available at Carrow Road while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could also be involved after both recovered from hamstring injuries.

And their chances of closing that gap will diminish should either player be ruled out long-term, with Chile forward Sanchez in particular an early contender for the league’s Player of the Season awards.

“At the moment on the striker front we have not much choice because Theo Walcott is out and Danny Welbeck is out”, Wenger added. Would Arsene Wenger listen to Arsenal supporters and would he bring another defensive midfielder?