Sanchez, Koscielny Injured As Norwich City Hold Arsenal

The Gunners were held by Tottenham before losing 2-1 away to West Brom last week and a spirited Norwich City came from a goal down to force a 1-1 draw at Carrow Road on Sunday.

Koscielny was replaced after 11 minutes with an apparent back strain, but Arsenal took the lead as Sanchez set up Mesut Ozil for a fine finish on 30 minutes.

Compounding Arsenal’s injury problems, Wenger revealed that midfielder Santi Cazorla had also sustained a leg injury during the game.

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.

I can feel for Arsene, in a way, you’re playing for the title, you’re coming here, you need to win; obviously if you ask Alexis Sanchez if he’s OK, he’s going to say yes. You need to go out and say nothing or, “I’m resting you today and that’s the way it is”.

Sanchez played the entirety of Tuesday night’s win over Zagreb despite Wenger’s ongoing fears the Chile worldwide is suffering from fatigue and therefore susceptible to injury.

“At the moment we have – on the striker front – not much choice”.

“Nobody is scientifically developed enough, not even the press, to predict when a guy will be injured. I must say that with all humility we are not in a position to predict that, despite all our tests looking all right”. Koscielny we will have to assess tomorrow, he has a hip problem.

Margo, who became the first female physio at an English league club during a stint at Barnet, reckons the issues at Arsenal are also systematic of a league where rest and recuperation are nearly impossible.

His absence from Alex Neil’s side came after he was suspended in August for refusing to be a substitute in a Capital One Cup tie at Rotherham.

Former club Bournemouth had bids rejected as they looked to lure him back to the south coast and, although he ultimately remained a Norwich player, he was rarely given the opportunity to feature.

“We’ve had a bad spell with only two points from three games but we are still not far”.

“Players have to play at their maximum and go all-out”. The Ox’s directness causes so many problems for his opponents, not only because he puts them on the back foot, but because he runs at them with his ferocious pace and strength, making him more than a handful for most players.