At Friday’s pre-match press conference, Arsene revealed that the side could be missing key players going into Sunday’s big game with Manchester United.
Sol Campbell, Pires and Vieira all picked up knocks in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea and their chances of playing on Sunday will depend on the results of a late fitness test.
“There are little problems with Sol Campbell’s groin, Patrick Vieira’s knee and Robert Pires with his Achilles tendon. They will have tests tomorrow.”
“It was an intense physical game (referring to the Chelsea game) and how we recover will be determinant. You want to go into the big games with your leader (Vieira) so we will try to give him as much rest as we can.”
“I will wait as long as possible, even if we have to test on Sunday morning.”
Already ruled out of the game is defender Ashley Cole with a knee injury. Ashley faces a scan today that will determine the extent of his injury.