ARSENAL GOALKEEPER PETR Cech will likely be sidelined until April with a groin strain.
Cech injured himself running back to his own half after a late corner in Wednesday’s 1 – 2 home defeat to Swansea.
“Cech will be out for three or four weeks,” Arsene Wenger said at his press conference today.
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“He had a groin alert, he could not kick the ball properly because of his groin”
The third-place Premier League side will be without their ‘keeper for this weekend’s north London derby and the FA Cup fifth round clash with Hull.
The three-week timeframe would also rule him out of Premier League meetings with West Brom and Everton either side of the return leg of the Champions League tie with Barcelona.
A four-week absence would bring Cech back into the side for the home meeting with Watford on 2 April.
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“Yes, of course,” said Wenger when asked if Cech’s absence would be a major loss to the side.
“But then you look at the win rate of [David] Ospina and it’s very good. Honestly I’m not worried at all.”
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More misery for Arsenal as Petr Cech ruled out for up to four weeks
ARSENAL GOALKEEPER PETR Cech will likely be sidelined until April with a groin strain.
Cech injured himself running back to his own half after a late corner in Wednesday’s 1 – 2 home defeat to Swansea.
“Cech will be out for three or four weeks,” Arsene Wenger said at his press conference today.
“He had a groin alert, he could not kick the ball properly because of his groin”
The third-place Premier League side will be without their ‘keeper for this weekend’s north London derby and the FA Cup fifth round clash with Hull.
The three-week timeframe would also rule him out of Premier League meetings with West Brom and Everton either side of the return leg of the Champions League tie with Barcelona.
A four-week absence would bring Cech back into the side for the home meeting with Watford on 2 April.
“Yes, of course,” said Wenger when asked if Cech’s absence would be a major loss to the side.
“But then you look at the win rate of [David] Ospina and it’s very good. Honestly I’m not worried at all.”
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