The only concern I may have is if someone like Alexis, Coq, Ozil or O Santi Cazorla, O Santi
Cazorla picks up an injury!
Arsenal midfielder Santi
Cazorla picked up an injury during Sunday's 1 - 1 draw at Norwich City, but that didn't stop the Spaniard becoming to first player to make 1,000 Premier League passes this season.
Not exact matches
Gabriel Paulista is expected to return for the Gunners but Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain is out after
picking up a knee
injury against Barcelona in midweek, with Tomas Rosicky, Jack Wilshere and Santi
Cazorla also unavailable.
Santi
Cazorla is another one who can be fielded more advanced, and was a huge loss for us when
picking up an
injury last term.
Santi
Cazorla and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are the only confirmed absentees through
injury and being cup - tied, while Aaron Ramsey remains a doubt having
picked up a groin strain in recent weeks.
Cazorla was missing through an
injury concern
picked up after Arsenal's midweek Champions League clash.
Maybe it is the fact that Arsenal are still waiting for the England international Jack Wilshere and the Spanish international Santi
Cazorla to recover from their respective
injury problems, while the unlucky Tomas Rosicky
picked up a ruptured thigh muscle on his return.
Even if, and I do not for a minute think that we will be this lucky, the
injury problems
picked up by Santi
Cazorla, Laurent Koscielny and Alexis Sanchez during the draw at Norwich turn out to be minor, and they are able to play for Arsenal again soon, I firmly believe that our chances of winning the Premier League title this season hinge on the January transfer window.
Santi
Cazorla, Francis Coquelin, Aaron Ramsey all find themselves currently on the treatment table, whilst Mohammed Elneny has reportedly
picked up an
injury whilst on AFCON duty with Egypt.
To make matters worse Koscielny and
Cazorla also
picked up injuries during the same match.
Playing Sanchez when he already has a problem with his hamstring, and not subbing
Cazorla when he
picks up an
injury is the act of a madman.
He does have an all action style as well, so after seeing the likes of Santi
Cazorla, Alexis and Coquelin
picking up injuries which might have been avoided by resting them, maybe the boss should consider giving him a game off.
While Arsenal fans were plunged into the depths of despair yesterday after the ill fated 14 minute flight to face Norwich City, with our star man Alexis Sanchez
picking up the hamstring
injury, Laurent Koscielny limping off with a painful hip problem and Arsene Wenger revealing that
Cazorla had finished the game on «one leg», it is now looking a little bit brighter.
Lucas Perez is the latest name to join the absentee list, having
picked up an ankle
injury this week, and is now the fourth squad member to become unavailable until December at the earliest, while the ever - important Santi
Cazorla is also doubtful for the Sunderland tie this weekend.
During this time of
injury, Santi
Cazorla has proved his worth in the number 10 position for the Gunners,
picking up Arsenal's December player of the month.
It is impossible to say for sure, but a lot of Arsenal fans have been suggesting on social media that
Cazorla is a hugely important player for us and that our challenge for the EPL title would have been much stronger had he not
picked up that ankle
injury in October.
Despite the
injuries to the likes of Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain, Aaron Ramsey, Nacho Monreal and Santi
Cazorla, Arteta, who himself
picked up a calf problem at Wembley on Saturday, has faith in his team's calibre to finish the season on a high.
Cazorla has missed Arsenal's last 13 Premier League games with a knee
injury he
picked up at the end of November and there were concerns that he would miss the remainder of the campaign after Arsene Wenger revealed he had suffered a setback in his recovery.
Talismanic midfield maestro Santi
Cazorla is OUT for three months, with the ankle
injury he
picked up
Cazorla is just coming off a long
injury and is now 31, Wilshere's
injury record is awful and Ramsey has been
picking up hamstring problems frequently this year.