Arsenal 3 - 0 Aston Villa... The Cesc Show...
This game was meant to be all about the Akers, he'd worked super hard, washed more shirts than anyone in the build up towards Christmas, but then all of a sudden on comes Cesc to steal the limelight. With the score at 0-0, Sir Wenger bought his mercurial captain on, and the Spaniard scored a couple of goals, then wandered off nursing another hamstring injury. Abu Dhabi finished the scoring late on...
Arsenal step up Sterling effort...
Portsmouth Team News...
Sir Wenger reckons Tomas Rosicky might return tonight against Portsmouth, or possible against West Ham in the FA Cup this weekend. Nicklas Bentdner is three weeks away from fitness, hopefully too late to stop Sir Wenger staying at home for the January sales...
Cesc Injury Update...
Cesc Fabregas will miss 5 games following Sir Wenger's gamble, bringing him on to win the Villa game. It's thought he will miss 4 Premier League games including tonight, and our FA Cup game against West Ham this weekend.
The Spaniard said: “I am in good spirits when it comes to the injury, sure, I won’t be able to play for a while, but I hope to be fit soon and will return to help the team. It happened as I scored the second goal against Villa: I sprinted and felt a strange tug in the back of my leg. But I’d come off the bench with a lot of desire in that game..."
Fabregas added: "I hadn’t played for a few matches and I agreed with the manager that I should come on for a while. I’m glad to have played my part – that was why I came on, wasn’t it? To influence the game? Now I just want to avoid injury as much as I can in 2010 and help Arsenal win the title..."
