Arsenal’s manager, Arsene Wenger has come forth and admitted that he took a massive gamble while selecting http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Abou-Diaby-c3453 to face Chelsea, as the player was not at a hundred percent going into the game.
Over the last two seasons, Diaby has spent more time on the side lines, then he has with the first team. The towering midfielder has gone on to pick up a series of injuries which have often limited the amount of time he spends with the team.
However, this season the player looks to be back with a bang, but going into the game with Chelsea there were concerns about the player’s fitness.
With him having to come off in the first half due to a thigh strain, and with it now appearing like he will be out for some three weeks, it is up to Arsene Wenger to try and fix things at the club.
The manager has gone on to reveal that despite it being a risk to play the midfielder, he chose to go ahead and include him in the team because of the number of players who were returning to the first team.
The likes of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Francis-Coquelin-c13952 is also going to be available in the near future.
All in all, despite the team losing out on Diaby for the next three weeks, it seems like they have ample players who can fill in for the injured midfielder.
"Diaby's injury record is not good," Wenger told reporters. "I was concerned about him of course. It was a gamble, but I was calculating as well that Wilshere was coming back, Francis Coquelin is here but was sick and Emmanuel Frimpong is back.”
"Tomas Rosicky is coming back so we have many midfield players. We don't have many physical players but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mikel-Arteta-c25715 has shown he can be a great defensive midfield player.”
"He was outstanding in that area against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786. We'll see overall if it was a good or bad decision at the end of the season."
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