Arsenal Football Club News

• Nickname:Gunners
• Founded:1886
• Manager:Arsene Wenger

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Gunners without strike pair

20 Apr 2009 - 14:48:36

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Emmanuel Adebayor and Robin van Persie will play no part in Tuesday's Premier League clash with Liverpool.

The Gunners will not risk Togo striker Adebayor as he has a slight hamstring problem, while top scorer Robin van Persie is absent with a groin strain.

Full-back Bacary Sagna is back in the squad and Wenger insists he players are determined to bounce back from Saturday's FA Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea despite having little to play for in the league.

The Gunners are fourth in the table and are highly unlikely to catch Chelsea in third spot.

However, they do have a Champions League quarter-final tie with Manchester United on the horizon.

"We have to accept what happened on Saturday, to deal with it and not repeat it," said Wenger.

"We have many big games coming up and we feel we can win them.

"Winning is what we live for. We cannot be happy with only trying to remain fourth.

"We want to get closer to the top and have a good opportunity to come back to six points on Liverpool.

"Third place is important, second place is important and why not first? You never know. You do not want to have regrets."