Podolski sidelined for 3 weeks due to hamstring injury
Several injury concerns overshadowed Arsenal's
2-0 victory over Fenerbahce in the UEFA Champions League play-off second leg.
The win confirms the London club's progression to
the group stages of the continental competition but manager Arsene Wenger said
his side did not escape unscathed from the encounter.
Lukas Podolski sustained a hamstring injury that
will keep him out for three weeks, while Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere also
wore knocks.
Wilshere's
injury - an ankle problem - was so severe that Wenger considered bringing him
off the field despite having already used three substitutes.
"That's a negative of tonight," Wenger
said.
"We paid a heavy price on the injury front
because we lost Podolski.
"I don't know how bad Ramsey is, I don't
know how Wilshere responds to his ankle problem, I don't know, we have to check
that tomorrow morning."
Wenger even suggested his players were on the end
of some unnecessarily rough treatment from their Turkish opponents that led to
some sore bodies.
"The two tackles on Wilshere were
disappointing but we cannot change it now and I think he looks alright,"
the French boss said.
"But Podolski is definitely out for 21 days
and Ramsey - we have to check how severe his groin is tomorrow.
"I wanted to take him off of course, I would
have played with 10 men.
"We were two-nil up, they had to score five
goals in 10 minutes, I think even with 10 men we could've avoided that."
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