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Wenger plays down Ade blow

09 Feb 2009 - 08:12:51

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger claims his squad can cope with the loss of Emmanuel Adebayor to a hamstring injury.

The 12-goal Togo striker limped out of Sunday's goalless north London derby draw with Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane and is now facing at least three weeks on the sidelines.

The Gunners failed to find the net without their influential frontman, but Wenger claims his squad is strong enough to cope with his absence.

The Frenchman opted to keep new signing Andrey Arshavin on the bench at White Hart Lane but expects the Russia star to step in during the coming weeks.

"Adebayor is out for three weeks with a hamstring," confirmed Wenger.

"We have Carlos Vela, we have Nicklas Bendtner, we have Eduardo we have Andrey Arshavin and we have Robin van Persie.

"We have plenty of strikers."