Wenger: Ramsey has suffered a bad fracture

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
27 Feb	3:00 PM	P	Stoke City (A)	3	1	Win

Manager Arsène Wenger tonight condemned the physical tactics employed by some teams when they cannot match Arsenal technically.

The Frenchman saw midfielder Aaron Ramsey leave the pitch with a broken ankle after a heavy tackle from Stoke City's Ryan Shawcross.

Wenger also highlighted the fact that this is the third Arsenal player in three years to have suffered a fracture in a match.

He said: "It is a bad fracture. Aaron will be transferred to London tonight to see if he needs emergency surgery. He will be out for a long time.

"We have to reassess the injury. The only thing we do not know how long he will be out but it's certainly long-term.

"I am proud of my team today and sad as well because to lose a player of that quality at 19 years of age when he is just starting his career is just horrendous. It is difficult to accept.

"I'm not very happy with the tackle. He is the third player we have lost to tackles that are not acceptable - Abou Diaby, Eduardo and now Ramsey today. That is not football for me and I refuse to live with that.

"I cannot do anything about it. The players are professional they have to respect the rules and each other. The players who don't do it have to be punished. Ramsey is a young, fantastic talent.

"The players were shocked. You could see that they moved away from him. For five minutes, we did not go anywhere because we did not play.

"It's always coincidence. I don't believe in coincidence when you are hit as many times as we do.

"We know what it is always to be physical against Arsenal and what questions I get in press conferences we don't fancy the physical side of it, that's what the result is.

"Nothing to do with physical - commitment is right, but that's not right, I don't accept that."

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