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Bacary Sagna and Kieran Gibbs doubtful for Wembley clash

James Olley
16 Apr 2009


Arsene Wenger has revealed Arsenal's defensive injury crisis has deepened after reserve full-back Kieran Gibbs picked up a groin injury in the Champions League victory over Villarreal.

The youngster, standing in for injured left-back Gael Clichy, is a doubt for Saturday's FA Cup semi‑final against Chelsea at Wembley alongside right-back Bacary Sagna, who was unwell prior to last night's 3-0 win.

Goalkeeper Manuel Almunia and defenders Johan Djourou, William Gallas are also unavailable, meaning Alex Song could partner Kolo Toure at centre-half with Mikael Silvestre switching to full-back, should Gibbs fail to recover.

Wenger told arsenal.com: “We still have Sagna as a doubt from the weekend, and after last
night we have Kieran Gibbs as a doubt too. He has a little groin problem.

“There is the option to play Sagna in there if he has recovered. The other is to play Silvestre in there and put Song at the back.

“There's not many other options but we'll deal with the situation no matter what happens.”

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Real shame we picked up these extra injuries! If they all fail to recover in time then i would like to see Toure & Song at the back with Silvestre covering at left back. It will help keep a better balance to the team. Fabergas/Denilson/Walcott/Arshavin as our midfield, Diaby in the hole behind Adeybaor. We need some physical presence against Chelsea and Diaby can provide that in the middle and up front alongside Ade! Nasri, RVP, Bendtner & Eduardo all choices from the subs bench if needed.

- Newmy, Milton keynes, 16/04/2009 17:41
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