Friday Mar 28 2008 08:16
Arsenal's French international right-back Bacary Sagna will be sidelined for around a month due to an ankle injury sustained in last weekend's defeat at
Chelsea.
The 25-year-old has been a big hit in his first season with the Gunners, but will now miss several weeks of the crucial title run-in.
Manager Arsene Wenger confirmed: "He has an ankle injury and the first news that we have is that he could be out for quite a while.
"I don't know exactly how long he will be out, but I feel it will be three weeks at least. Five is the worst-case scenario.
"I have seen the injury again on tape. He wanted to kick the ball out and he twisted his ankle, that made it a bad injury.
"It is a big blow because he has been a revelation for us, a fantastic player."
Meanwhile, Wenger has backed his side to recover from a run of five games without a win which has seen their title hopes fade dramatically.
He added: "What we want to do is perform well as a team again and we know we can do that.
"Recently what punished us a lot is that defensively we have made big mistakes.
"We are going through a bad patch, but we want to come back and win the games again that we can win."
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