Summary
The smelling salts are quite something at Highbury. Within 48- hours of a painful FA Cup semi-final defeat at the hands of Manchester United, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was back to his ebullient self, predicting success in this evening's Champions League quarter-final decider against Chelsea and confirming the injuries that had been inflicted on Saturday had healed.
Three days ago, Arsenal FC had everything to play for. This evening, at Highbury, Wenger's side have everything to lose as they attempt to maintain a slender away-goal advantage over a Chelsea XI, encouraged no little by events at Villa Park. Defeat tonight, especially against the one side that could yet overturn their four- point advantage in the Premiership, and Arsenal's season will be in meltdown.See the full content of this document
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Arsenal to Wheel Out the Big Guns; Wenger to Stick with Experience As Season Faces a Defining Moment
Not that the Arsenal manager or his captain Patrick Vieira were inclined to dwell on anything negative yesterday. "Physically, we are okay. Apart from Ray Parlour we have everybody available," confi...
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