Wenger provides update on injuries

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
29 Nov	4:00 PM	P	Chelsea (H)	0	3	Lost

Ahead of the weekend's clash with Premiership leaders Chelsea, manager Arsène Wenger provided an update to the injuries to the players in the squad.

Basically, who is available and who is not. And it doesn't make for happy reading.

Central defender William Gallas is being rated as 50-50 at the time of writing, recovering from a niggly ankle injury and the small matter of a swollen eye.

It will be a big blow if our main central defender partnership of Gallas and Thomas Vermaelen were not available for Drogba and co.

Wenger said: "There is a big question mark about him at the moment.

"I cannot say that William Gallas will play, unfortunately. The ankle should be alright but the eye is still very, very, very swollen.

"He wears contact lenses and at the moment he would not get them in. We hope on Sunday it will be better. He is not comfortable but I am optimistic because we still have three days."

The Champions League match against Standard Liege on Tuesday also saw striker Andrey Arshavin suffer a cut above his head, and had to be treated off the pitch in a worrying sight with blood covering his face.

However, an initial diagnosis indicates that the Russian international will be available for the match against the Blues.

However, apart from Gallas Kieran Gibbs, who suffered a broken metatarsal, the team who played on Tuesday are more or less available for selection.

Wenger added: "Arshavin was shocked but he is OK.

"Apart from Gibbs no-one is out or in from Tuesday. Everybody else should be normally available.

"Abou Diaby and Nicklas Bendtner will be the first to come back. They will be out for the same time now.

"I think it will take another two weeks for both of them to be back in full training."

We are also missing Robin van Persie, Gaël Clichy, Johan Djourou. Let's hope there are no training ground incidents leading up to the match.

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