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WENGER: OZIL BACK IN TRAINING, OX NOT BACK, WELBECK RECOVERING

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Embattled Arsenal head coach, Arsene Wenger, has made comments regarding his team’s selection ahead of their final Premier League game against already relegated Aston Villa on Sunday.


He said other players should be fine as they make their last push for the season even though they have qualified for the UEFA Champions League for next season.

On Welbeck, the Frenchman said:

“We are all devastated and very sad. When I say I’m very sad, the whole team is thinking like that.

“It is surprising news. I expected him to at worse miss the Euros, and that is already bad. To be out for such a long time, he had just come back after a year out. You imagine being a 25-year-old professional and you get news like that… “

“We will have to support to him to cope with it,” the coach added.

When asked on the impact of Welbeck’s injury to England’s Euro campaign, he said:

“He was in the qualifiers as a player.

“He had a good understanding with the rest of the squad and he was versatile because he could play on the flank, through the middle and I believe it is a big loss for England as well.” Read More

Jack Rodwell is optimistic after scoring against Exeter City

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Jack Rodwell played for Sunderland’s League Cup match against Exeter City and the 24 year old English midfielder scored twice and provided 2 assists as he was one of the standout players and helped Sunderland in clinching a convincing 6-3 triumph.

The player who cost Sunderland €10 million back in August of 2014 is hoping that he will continue to score goals, help out his team and perform like he did against Exeter City for the rest of the season.

Sunderland’s Jack Rodwell said: “I haven’t scored as many goals as I would have wanted to for Sunderland, that’s fair. I feel like there have been times when I’ve got into the right position, but for some reason the ball hasn’t quite fallen for me like it did on Tuesday night’’

“I could probably have had a couple more against Exeter, so hopefully that’s a sign of things to come. I’ll keep working hard and trying to get more goals every season. I played well against Swansea City, and felt a bit leggy against Exeter’’

Scoring more goals is what Jack Rodwell wants to do and it’s what he is hoping to accomplish. Sunderland is currently positioned at the bottom of the Premier League as they have only managed to collect 2 points from the opening 4 matches of the season. Read More

Arsenal booked their place in the quarter-finals

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Arsenal booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup after a 2-0 win over giantkillers Middlesbrough.

The Championship outfit had beaten Manchester City in the previous round and they were spoken about beating yet another top team in the last 16 round. As it was, Arsenal managed a comfortable victory that puts them against Manchester United in the quarter-finals. The club have missed striker Oliver Giroud for much of the first half of the season. The Frenchman showed his importance to the team after scoring two goals in the space of two minutes to put Arsenal on the path to a 2-0 win.

Giroud opened the scoring in the 27th minute and later extended Arsenal’s advantage just two minutes after this goal. Wenger says that even though the club have several strikers like Danny Welbeck on-board, he feels that Giroud is the number one hit man. The former Montpelier striker was a revelation last season after scoring 16 goals in 36 appearances last season. This time around, his goal return has been even better with seven goals from just nine starts. His impact has been more profound in bigger matches like that of against Manchester City. Read More