Arsene Wenger waiting on crucial injury news about Arsenal stars
Posted Thursday, October 29, 2015 by Dailystar.co.uk
ARSENAL will learn today how long Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain face on the sidelines.
Walcott suffered a calf muscle injury and Oxlade-Chamberlain pulled a hamstring in Tuesday night's Capital One Cup defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.
Both players are major doubts for this weekend's clash against Swansea but could also miss next Wednesday's crucial Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.
Walcott and Oxlade-Chamberlain both underwent scans yesterday but are still sweating on the results of a range of assessments.
With such an important game to come in Munich, it is unlikely either player will be risked against Swansea unless they are fully fit.
CROCKED: Oxlade-Chamberlain went off injured in last night's Capital One Cup clash
Wenger admitted after the game he was concerned about each of them, and that losing both to injury would be "damaging".
Arsenal are already without Aaron Ramsey, who is nursing a hamstring injury, leaving them short of bodies on the right wing.
Wenger made nine changes against Wednesday and his side went down 3-0. But midfielder Mathieu Flamini has backed them to bounce back quickly.
Flamini said: "We faced a good team. There is not much to say. Bad result, bad day. Now we have to rest and focus on the Premier League.
"It is one of the positive things, you can say, playing every three days, that we can make sure we rectify the direction.
BAD NEWS: Walcott also picked up an injury in the cup tie
"We have another game in three days so we can make sure we win it, forget about this one and move forward in the Premier League.
"I think they played a good game. We started the game with two injuries in the first 20 minutes which made it even worse."
Flamini also believes Arsenal fans will stick with their team because the Gunners are doing well in the league and beat Bayern 2-0 at the Emirates.
The Frenchman said: "They have always been behind us when we win or we lose. Of course it's important for us to feel them behind us.
"They have been supporting us once again until the last minute again so thanks to them."
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