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Arsenal
Double defensive blow
8th January 2009
William Gallas and Mikael Silvestre have been ruled out for up to three weeks through injury.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger revealed he expected Kolo Toure to return from a groin problem for Saturday's game, but that Gallas had joined Silvestre on the sidelines with a hamstring problem.
"Kolo and Denilson will be back available," Wenger told Arsenal TV Online. "However, unfortunately we have lost William Gallas with a hamstring problem.
"We lost Silvestre too with a thigh problem last week as well. So we have lost two players from the game on Saturday, but we have gained two back.
"I think Gallas and Silvestre will be out for three weeks."
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UPCOMING FIXTURES
| 3:00, Sat 10th Jan | ||
| Arsenal | v | Bolton |
| 5:30, Sat 17th Jan | ||
| Hull | v | Arsenal |
| 8:00, Wed 28th Jan | ||
| Everton | v | Arsenal |
| 3:00, Sat 31st Jan | ||
| Arsenal | v | West Ham |
| 1:30, Sun 8th Feb | ||
| Tottenham | v | Arsenal |
RECENT RESULTS
| 2:00, Sun 28th Dec | ||||
| Arsenal | 1 | v | 0 | Portsmouth |
| 5:15, Fri 26th Dec | ||||
| Aston Villa | 2 | v | 2 | Arsenal |
| 4:00, Sun 21st Dec | ||||
| Arsenal | 1 | v | 1 | Liverpool |
| 12:45, Sat 13th Dec | ||||
| Middlesboro | 1 | v | 1 | Arsenal |
| 3:00, Sat 6th Dec | ||||
| Arsenal | 1 | v | 0 | Wigan |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Manuel Almunia |
| 2 | Vassiriki Diaby |
| 3 | Bacary Sagna |
| 4 | Francesc Fabregas |
| 5 | Kolo Toure |
| 6 | Philippe Senderos |
| 7 | Tomas Rosicky |
| 8 | Samir Nasri |
| 9 | Da Silva Eduardo |
| 10 | William Gallas |
| 11 | Robin Van Persie |
| 12 | Carlos Alberto Vela |
| 14 | Theo Walcott |
| 15 | Neves Denilson |
| 16 | Aaron Ramsey |
| 17 | Alexandre Song Billong |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 18 | Mikael Silvestre |
| 19 | Jack Wilshere |
| 20 | Johan Djourou |
| 21 | Lukasz Fabianski |
| 22 | Gael Clichy |
| 24 | Vito Mannone |
| 25 | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| 26 | Nicklas Bendtner |
| 27 | Emmanuel Eboue |
| 28 | Amaury Bischoff |
| 30 | Armand Traore |
| 31 | Justin Hoyte |
| 33 | Nacer Barazite |
| 34 | Kyle Bartley |
| 35 | Francis Coquelin |
| 36 | Tom Cruise |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 37 | James Dunne |
| 38 | Jay Emmanuel-Thomas |
| 39 | Rui Fonte |
| 40 | Kieran Gibbs |
| 41 | Gavin Hoyte |
| 42 | Henri Lansbury |
| 43 | Fran Merida |
| 44 | Rhys Murphy |
| 46 | Abu Ogogo |
| 47 | Mark Randall |
| 48 | Paul Rodgers |
| 50 | Jay Simpson |
| 51 | Rene Steer |
| 53 | Wojciech Szczesny |
| 54 | Vincent Van Der Berg |
| 55 | Sanchez Watt |
| 56 | Emmanuel Frimpong |
| Other Players | |
|---|---|
| Havard Nordtveit |
