Match Preview
Whew! That's the last of the international breaks for this year and finally we can have proper football occupying us again for some time. And this time, it was a better experience going into the break as compared to the two previous occasions this season on account of our thoroughly professional win against West Brom in our last league outing.
Today, we travel away to play Norwich City who have started the season well. he Canaries are just two places below us and we would do well not to under estimate them. We need to be focused and disciplined, especially as Phil F***ING Dowd is the referee today, and we Gooners still remember how he robbed us of a victory against Newcastle last season. We should be careful not to make silly fouls as he'll brandish a yellow card for the most innocuous of challenges. Man I really hate that referee.
Also, Norwich have predominantly scored from set plays and we really need to be up for it. We need to be alert not just from the initial long balls but also from the second balls and knock downs. We'll need a disciplined performance if we are to keep a clean sheet.
Attackwise, we should look to continue from where we left off and I hope the others can also give a helping hand to Robin in scoring goals, not that I am complaining! I just think it would be good to see other names on the scoresheet, with the usual one of our captain's name appearing three times!
The team news is that Carl Jenkinson and Kieran Gibbs are both ruled out for 3-4 weeks and 5-6 weeks respectively because of their injuries. Laurent Koscielny will deputise at right back for the game in Sagna and Jenkinson's absence.
Team Line Ups:
Norwich City(4-4-2): John Ruddy, Marc Tierney, Leon Barnett, Russell Martin, Kyle Naughton, Anthony Pilkington, David Fox, Bradley Johnson, Andrew Crofts, Steve Morison, Wesley Hoolahan.
Substitutes: Declan Rudd, Elliott Bennett, Aaron Wilbraham, Adam Drury, Andrew Surman, Simeon Jackson, Grant Holt.
Manager: Paul Lambert
Arsenal(4-3-3): Wojciech Szczesny, Andre Santos, Thomas Vermaelen, Per Mertesacker, Laurent Koscielny, Mikel Arteta, Alex Song, Aaron Ramsey, Gervinho, Robin van Persie, Theo Walcott.
Substitutes: Lukasz Fabianski, Johan Djourou, Francis Coquelin, Tomas Rosicky, Yossi Benayoun, Andrei Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh.
Manager: Arsene Wenger.
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