When you are roaming around the top of league leaderboard, the thing that worries you is not one win in Capital One but injuries that could land you in trouble should any of your star players encounters something painful. Last Arsenal Capital One Cup showdown against Sheffield Wednesday was one such game that caused sideline of two Gunners players: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott for respective injuries. Even though Emirate side lost the game by 3-0 netted by Ross Wallace, Lucas Joao, and Sam Hutchinson, yet this is not the worrying point for the Frenchman as he has had a rather inexperienced lineup at Hillsborough, however, he is more concerned about the injuries to both the starlets who have been in terrific form this league season. Tuesday game saw Oxlade-Chamberlain ousted for his hamstring problem; his substitute Theo Walcott also left the ground within ten minutes for a calf problem. Both the injuries are apparently not so big, yet detail scans can only tell how severe … [Read more...]
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