Wenger puts fearless face on Arsenal injury crisis

Indeed, Sanchez had looked very sharp in the first half, setting up Mesut Ozil’s goal, and it was only midway through the second half that he went down, clutching his right hamstring after rushing upfield to chase a loose ball. “We will have to assess the injuries tomorrow”.

It is believed that Wenger was planning to give the attacker an overdue rest but it now seems that the layoff may well be forced rather than scheduled.

His availability would represent a boost with Arsenal, fourth in the Premier League table, saddled by a troubling injury list.

The Canaries should have been ahead at the interval but Wes Hoolahan somehow turned over Andre Wisdom’s cross from three yards out as he ghosted in unmarked at the back-post.

This evening was a frustrating one for Arsene Wenger’s stars against a resilient Norwich side who held them to a 1-1 draw.

Gabriel nearly headed Martin Olsson’s cross into his own goal only for Cech to make a stunning save, with Jonny Howson volleying the resulting corner over the crossbar.

Talking to Arsenal’s official website after the Norwich match, Wenger hit back at the media.

“That Norwich halfwit should be sent off. Bloody stupid, risky shove on Alexis”.

“The quality of the performance was below what we can do offensively”, he said. He might have no choice after this. If a guy says no then he might as well leave the club.

Ramsey told Arsenal Player: “It was good to be back out here and to get some minutes under my belt”.

Arsene Wenger admitted Sanchez could now face a lengthy spell on the sidelines as the Gunners enter a hectic fixture schedule.

Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla are both set to miss Arsenal’s crunch Champions League showdown at Olympiacos on December 9. ‘In the first half, he got a kick on the knee and it got worse.

“And based on that knowledge it was quite obvious they were playing Russian roulette with Sanchez and with quite a few other players during the last 10 years”.

“I would have rested Sanchez, but he said to me before the game he was fine to play”, he said.

Wenger’s worst nightmare came true on Saturday when Francis Coquelin limped out of the game at West Brom after only 14 minutes with a knee ligament injury.

“If it doesn’t go to plan and we lost I would probably get criticised for putting him in”, Neil said of his decision to start the forward.

‘Now we can all say the same thing. “It would be fantastic for the kid’s career to go through, so I have to be honest and say that I would like the kid and Olympiakos to go on”.