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After last night’s debacle at Porto, it is thought unlikely that Arsene Wenger would pick Lukasz Fabianski, but he may decide to put him back into the fray if Manuel Almunia has not fully recovered from his injured finger.

Wenger said: “I don’t know about (Manuel) Almunia, we’ll have a test tomorrow on him too. Almunia is 50/50.

Meanwhile the Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas maintains that the team will be right behind Fabianski despite his nightmare performance aainst Porto. He believes that the pressure got to him because of his age. Read the full article here

It has been revealed today the real reason why Arsene Wenger left Manuel Almunia on the Arsenal bench, and was probably the reason why no-one was told about Almunia’s “mystery virus”.

I always said there must be something deeper behind that excuse, because it has never taken six weeks to get over any cold, not even swine flu!

But now we know; It was because Almunia’s family suffered a personal tragedy when his wife’s mother was killed in a car crash in Spain in September. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that it is very important for his team to take all three points this weekend to keep the pressure on Chelsea and Man Utd at the top of the League, and he thinks they will do it!

Wenger said: “We have a game in hand, we are in a strong position and this is a good opportunity for us.

“This is a game we want to win, I believe we will do it and the fact it’s a derby gives us a bit more motivation.” Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refuses to reveal who will be in goal against Tottenham on Saturday.

Lukasz Fabianski played himself into contention with a good game against Liverpool on Wednesday, but now he has suffered another injury and will be out for another three weeks.

That means it is a straight fight between the former first-choice keeper Manuel Almunia, and the rookie Vito Mannone.

Wenger said: “We have lost Fabianski with a thigh injury. Of course it is a big disappointment because he has just come back from injury. Read the full article here

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was given another problem last night during the win over Liverpool, as Lukasz Fabianski did well between the sticks. Wenger now has a massive decision on who to play against Tottenham at the weekend.

The (former?) number one Manuel Almunia is now back to full fitness, but has been left fuming on the bench for the last three matches, and has seen the rookie Vito Mannone make some serious mistakes, but up until now Wenger has kept faith with the youngster rather than play his vastly more experienced colleague. Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger kept faith with Vito Mannone against West Ham yesterday, despite Manuel Almunia being back to full fitness, but has the young Italian blown his chance of keeping the spot permanently?

Wenger kept everyone guessing on who he would choose up until the last minute, but most pundits assumed that Almunia would regain his place.

Mannone was considered to be partly responsible for the equalizer scored by AZ Alkmaar in last week’s Champions League match, and now he is being rounded on for yesterday mistake which allowed West Ham back into the game at 2-0 down. Read the full article here

The position of Arsenal goalkeeper is not quite as certain as it was at the beginning of the season. Since Lukas Fabianski got injured, and Manuel Almunia contracted his mystery virus, the rookie Vito Mannone has leapfrogged both of them into the Number One spot, and it looks like he may well be keeping the jersey.

Arsene wenger was asked about who would be in goal he started of by saying it was a secret.

“I do not know,” he replied. “Come to the game on Sunday, and you will see.” Read the full article here

The Arsenal injury list looked like it was dwindling last week, but then Theo Walcott got injured again on his first start of the season. Arsene Wenger thinks he will be out for 2 to 3 weeks today, after saying 3 to 4 weeks yesterday. This means that he could be ready for England’s friendly game against Brazil next month.

Thomas Rosicky was also a victim of the Birmingham match with a knee problem, but Wenger believes he will be okay for next weekend. With Eduardo still not ready to return after his setback, and Nicklas Bendtner still out after being injured in training last week, it is expected that Robin Van Persie will be left as the lone striker back in his native Holland tonight, unless Carlos Vela gets promoted to play alongside him. Read the full article here

Arsene Wenger has given us an update on the Arsenal injury list, and after saying yesterday that Lukas Fabianski would be back in the squad, but Manuel Almunia was only 50/50, it seems that today it is the other way around.

Almunia will definitely be back in the squad (but will he play?). Nicklas Bendtner has suffered a recurrence of his groin problem in training today, so wil be out of tomorrows team, and with Carlos Vela still not returned from Mexico, and Eduardo still a few weeks away from returning, it looks like Van Persie will be leading the attack on his own. Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that both Lukas Fabianski and Samir Nasri are back in training, and they should be available to the squad by the time the next senior game comes along, but will they even get into the match squad?

Poor Fabianski got injured at a bad time, considering that he would have been guaranteed a good run in the team when Almunia was laid low with his mystery virus. Read the full article here