Arsenal’s manager, Arsene Wenger has gone on to reveal that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mikel-Arteta-c25715 could be out for the rest of the season, after picking up a knock to his ankle in the game against Wigan Athletic.
The Gunners took on Wigan on Monday night, as they looked to pick up another win. However, with Wigan having beaten Manchester United previously, the team was high on confidence and were looking to pick up their first ever points against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 at the Emirates.
Early on in the game, Mikel Arteta went on to pick up a knock to his ankle and had to be taken off immediately, while the midfielder was off the pitch, Wigan went on to score two quick goals.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Thomas-Vermaelen-c35002 went on to get one back for Arsenal, but that didn’t prove to be enough, as Wigan picked up the three points against the Gunners.
Following the game, Wenger went on to reveal that Arteta was seriously hurt and could be out for a lengthy spell.
The Gunners boss is quoted to have said: "He had to come off. It's an ankle problem. It looks quite a serious one.
"We have to scan it tomorrow, it's too early to say tonight. But it doesn't look like a little ankle sprain. It is a serious one."
The manager then went on to blast his team over the first goal, as he believes they defended terribly and allowed their opponents to score a very easy goal.
He continued: "We defended horrendously on the first and second goal, everyone included. On top of that, we conceded the second goal with 10 men on the pitch.”
Despite the manner in which the goal was scored and the fact that his team lost, Wenger didn’t make many excuses and went on to applaud the efforts of Wigan, who were really pulling things together in the game. The manager did feel that Al Habsi should have
been shown two yellows for wasting time, but was more focused on his team getting their act together for their next match.
"I do not want to use excuses. I congratulate Wigan, they did well. But the referee has to give him a yellow card the second time he does it. Either for us, or for somebody else it's exactly the same.”
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