Lets do it for our injured captain-WENGER
Arsenal manager Arsene
Wenger has vowed to win
the League Cup for stricken
skipper Cesc Fabregas after
injury ruled the club captain
out of Sunday's clash with
Birmingham.
Fabregas limped out of
Wednesday's Premier League
win over Stoke with a
hamstring strain and will now
miss Sunday's final at
Wembley, where Arsenal are
bidding to win their first
silverware since 2005.
Wenger said he hoped
Arsenal would go on to lift
the trophy as a tribute to
Fabregas, who is now
battling to be fit for the
club's Champions League
second leg match with
Barcelona on March 8.
"It is a very small injury but
certainly Cesc will be out for
Sunday," Wenger told
Arsenal TV. "For how long
beyond that I don't know, but
definitely for Sunday.
"He is disappointed. We all
feel sorry and sad for him.
The only way we help him
now is to win the Carling Cup
as he contributed a lot in this
competition."
Wenger said Walcott was
likely to face up to two
weeks on the sidelines.
"He has a classic ankle
sprain. We don't think there
is any more damage to it, but
it is still a sprain," he said.
"We are sad for him too. He
is out for Sunday and maybe
one or two weeks more
Wenger has vowed to win
the League Cup for stricken
skipper Cesc Fabregas after
injury ruled the club captain
out of Sunday's clash with
Birmingham.
Fabregas limped out of
Wednesday's Premier League
win over Stoke with a
hamstring strain and will now
miss Sunday's final at
Wembley, where Arsenal are
bidding to win their first
silverware since 2005.
Wenger said he hoped
Arsenal would go on to lift
the trophy as a tribute to
Fabregas, who is now
battling to be fit for the
club's Champions League
second leg match with
Barcelona on March 8.
"It is a very small injury but
certainly Cesc will be out for
Sunday," Wenger told
Arsenal TV. "For how long
beyond that I don't know, but
definitely for Sunday.
"He is disappointed. We all
feel sorry and sad for him.
The only way we help him
now is to win the Carling Cup
as he contributed a lot in this
competition."
Wenger said Walcott was
likely to face up to two
weeks on the sidelines.
"He has a classic ankle
sprain. We don't think there
is any more damage to it, but
it is still a sprain," he said.
"We are sad for him too. He
is out for Sunday and maybe
one or two weeks more
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