That being said, I think he'll pick a weakened team Thursday night, given we're at home, our opponent is very poor, and we have
a massive game at the weekend.
Not exact matches
Arsenal have a
massive week ahead starting with today's FA Cup match
at home to Watford, followed by our trip to Barcelona in midweek, and then a
massive game away
at Everton in the League next
weekend.
This week they have the replay with Norwich City before an EPL
game at the
weekend and then a
massive EFL cup second leg against Liverpool before Arsenal go there, assuming they beat Norwich.
With the
massive game coming up
at White Hart Lane this
weekend, would it make sense to rest some big name players, as they rarely seem to be fit enough to play three times in seven days anyway.
Bang average could be the term used to describe the Spanish champions, in fact, who also lost their
weekend La Liga
game to Catalan minnows Girona
at the
weekend and are already a
massive eight points behind Barcelona this season, so this is not the all - conquering Madrid of the last two seasons.
I would not as far as to say that the next Arsenal
game was an absolutely crucial one, especially when you look
at the Premier League fixtures coming up after next
weekend, but a north London derby is always a
massive game for the players and fans and we really do not want to lose it and drop behind Tottenham in the league table, however briefly.
It was important that we managed to beat a dour Hull side
at the
weekend to give us a bit of confidence back after successive defeats in the League, and the clean sheet will also be a boost as we prepare to repel the assault of Bayern in Munich, but Wenger also admitted that he needs Mesut Ozil to also regain his confidence ahead of the
massive game in the Allianz Arena.
The Reds had Daniel Agger sent off
at the Hawthorns on the opening
weekend of the Premier League season and that handed a
massive advantage to the Baggies who secured a 3 - 0 win, even though Liverpool were the ones who had all the possession in the
game.
Arsene Wenger on the other hand came under
massive pressure after Arsenal were ripped apart by clinical Liverpool
at the Emirates last
weekend and now they are under even more pressure going into the
game against Leicester in their pursuit of first three points of the season.
Team News & Lineups: Middlesbrough broke their 7
game winless streak last
weekend and will be eager to build on that but they have a
massive task
at their hands when they face City are playing some brilliant football
at the moment.
Liverpool face two away trips, first to Man City on Boxing Day, then to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea
at the
weekend, with both
games having a
massive effect on the shift of power in the top 4.