The congestion of international, domestic and cup competitions is beginning to show as the injury lists grow longer. Several top stars will be missing from the Matchday 5 stage. Let's take a look at how this might impact the results and standings.

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The 30-year-old suffered a thigh injury on international duty with France and will miss games against Athletic Club Bilbao at the weekend, Internazionale on Tuesday, and their massive derby with Real Madrid five days later.

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Arsene Wenger today confirmed Danish striker Nicklas Bendtner will be back in full training in three weeks. Nicklas was originally set to play against Manchester City in the Carling Cup tie at the City of Manchester but will now more than be short of fitness for the tie.

Nicklas comeback from injury is likely to be pencilled in for Arsenal's last group tie away in Greece, against champions Olympiakos.

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The great entertainers, and the great source of fantasy points over the years. Also, a great source of injury frustration as year after year players come in and disappear into the training room only to reappear briefly and inevitably too early, finding themselves injured all over again.The latest blow is of course Robin van Persie being ruled out for two months with ankle ligament damage. Click to continue reading...

Take your pick: a meaningless friendly on European soil, or fighting for a World Cup spot today. As far as that goes, American soccer fans can't complain about their situation. Thanks to some gutsy results in the final two games of the tournament, they aren't in Montevideo, with a tough Uruguay squad looking to deal a knockout blow.

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Old horse face heading back to the Premier League?

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Arsène Wenger will protect Arsenal's title challenge against further injury by air-lifting Herita Ilunga from West Ham and then heading over to Real Madrid to evacuate none other than Martin Keown's old mucker, Ruud van Nistelrooy.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Crocked Kieran Gibbs will give Arsene Wenger another injury headache ahead of the trip to Sunderland in the Premier League on Saturday.

The young left-back hobbled out of England U-21's 0-0 draw in Lithuania last night and this morning's paper report on the injury which comes after RVP was sidelined with ankle ligament damage.

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Well, I would be if I were one of those players having to play tonight and some nutter came sliding in towards me with a hard tackle in mind! We cannot afford any more injuries and the loss of any of the players mentioned below would be just awful. It doesn't even bare thinking about!

Even Sir Bobby Pires is concerned for us, but still believes we have enough strength and depth to get through this tough time.

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With the news that Kieran Gibbs has sustained a knock whilst on international duty, Arsenal now have an astonishing 10 players out of action at the moment. Robin Van Persie, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, Theo Walcott, Denilson, Gael Clichy, Jack Wilshere, Johan Djourou 'keeper Lukasz Fabianski and the aforementioned Gibbs are ALL injured. Click to continue reading...

While the injury to Robin van Persie was disturbing news this past weekend, let's try not to go overboard. Posts on message boards and the like have been raging about how our season is over, etc., etc., etc.... That is hardly the case. Yes, he has been in the form of his life with 8 goals and 7 assists in 15 matches.

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Eduardo da Silva is confident of filling the void left by injured Arsenal teammates Robin van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner.
Eduardo replaced Bendtner in the 3-0 win over Tottenham and missed a couple of good chances to chalk up a first strike since mid-September.
The Croatian, though, would be entitled to feel somewhat aggrieved not to have been credited with Arsenal's second goal at Wolves, when his chip was deflected in off defender Jody Craddock, and he remains confident the rewards of continued hard work will come. Click to continue reading...

by CARL ELDRIDGE Will RVP be out for six weeks or a season? That's the question we are left asking after reports in this morning's papers disagreed on the period our Dutch ace will be sidelined.

The Daily Mail reports that he has insisted he will be out of action for no more than six weeks despite tearing ankle ligaments during Holland's 0-0 draw with Italy on Saturday.

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So we are just shy of being one-third of the way through the season and we're already at our third (!) interlull. When we return, it will be crunch time with 11 matches in the next 42 days, including Chelsea at home, Liverpool away, the final CL group stage fixtures, and, of course, City away in the Carling Cup quarterfinals.

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Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner has revealed that he expects to have surgery this week, reports SkySports.
Bendtner has been hampered by a groin problem in recent weeks.
The Danish international is now set to go under the knife on Tuesday, with the hope it will cure his injury.
"I will have an examination on Tuesday and then go on to have surgery on Wednesday," Bendtner told Ekstrabladet. Click to continue reading...

Despite missing Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky, Jack Wilshere and Fran Merida at one stage in the match, Arsenal put on show an amazing display away at Wolves and ... Click to continue reading...

Despite missing Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Carlos Vela, Denilson, Samir Nasri, Tomas Rosicky, Jack Wilshere and Fran Merida at one stage in the match, Arsenal put on show an amazing display away at Wolves and ...

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by CARL ELDRIDGE Lots of purring in the papers this morning after the glorious Gunners hammered AZ Alkmaar 4-1 with some exquisite football to take us to the brink of the last 16 in the Champions League.

In the Sun this morning, Arsene Wenger says he has his best-ever strike force. He said: "We've never had as many options on the creative side.

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Just as it looked like Arsenal were starting to get lucky on the injury front, another bout of knocks have come about. Defender Gael Clichy sustained a stress fracture out of nowhere while frontman Nicklas Bendtner's groin problem is much worse than first expected. Speaking to the official site, Gunners boss Wenger revealed: "Bendtner is quite seriously injured," [. Click to continue reading...

We won't see Bendtner or Clichy again for a monthvia Sky Sports:Arsenal defender Gael Clichy is facing a month on the sidelines after suffering a suspected stress fracture in his lower back.The left-back is an integral member of Arsene Wenger's first XI but has been forced onto the treatment table after sustaining the injury. Click to continue reading...

Count the years off one by one. Every single year in this decade we have played Spurs home and away in the League. And out of twenty matches we haven't lost a single one. Not a single one.
Even if we had lost one, we could still reflect on the annual difference between the teams shown by the League table. Click to continue reading...

Highlights and an interview with Arsene Wenger below.

I am still walking on air following our demolition of Spurs yesterday. With a glorious 3-nil victory at the Emirates we were able to put some breathing space between us and the four clubs trailing us at the moment.

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Personal commitments have gotten to Arsenal Station this week but as a busy week grinds to a close, we look back at the week that was and ahead to the match we've all been waiting for.

In Arsene's 750th match in charge of the club, Arsenal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Carling Cup with another solid Carling Cup performance.

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With Lukasz Fabianski's injury, it is pretty unlikely that a single one of the players involved in Wednesday's Carling Cup match will start the North London Derby tomorrow. As such, it is very difficult to draw any great conclusions from the Liverpool match.
In terms of momentum, it will mean nothing - maybe it will inspire the players for the next round but no more than that. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool were eliminated from the League Cup due to a 2-1 loss sustained at Arsenal's Ashburton Grove home, but Rafael Benitez has insisted that the defeat will not dilute the feel-good factor that engulfed Anfield following the Manchester United win at the weekend.
Pass-master Fran Merida opened the scoring in the first-half with a long-range effort, but the visitors levelled the game with an equally impressive shot from Emiliano Insua. Click to continue reading...

Goals from Fran Merida and Nicklas Bendtner saw Arsenal edge past Liverpool in an entertaining encounter in the Carling Cup.
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Arsene Wenger was reluctant to let Fran Merida go out on loan and the Spanish youngster repaid his manager's confidence by turning out a magical performance against Liverpool.

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Goals from Fran Merida, a 19 years old former Barcelona trainee, and Nicklas Bendtner were enough to see off Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium last night. Emiliano Insua's spectacular volley could not change the outcome of the game. Arsene Wenger's crop of talented youngsters sends Liverpool out of English League Cup with a 2-1 scoreline. Click to continue reading...

Nicklas Bendtner displayed his developing finesse to the fullest when he scored the powerful decisive goal that condemned Liverpool to Carling Cup elimination on Wednesday evening. The Dane, who is often criticized for lacking the dimension and attitude required at the highest level, quietly continued the mission to silence his critics by cleverly latching onto a pass from Fran Merida, who had earlier scored his maiden goal for the Gunners.

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A great encounter between two teams fielding youthful talent and first team squad members looking to impress ended with Arsenal edging past Liverpool after Nicklas Bendtner put the Gunners 2-1 ahead.

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Alberto Aquilani is expected to make his debut for Liverpool against Arsenal on Wednesday night but Arsene Wenger has revealed that the Italian could have been donning the red shirt of the home side.
Aquilani joined Liverpool from Roma for a fee of £20 million over the summer but has been prevented from making his debut due to injury. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided mixed news ahead of tomorrow's away game against West Ham, declaring how Tomas Rosicky joins Theo Walcott on the sidelines but Nicklas Bendtner and Philippe Senderos are available again. Wenger said: Before ... Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided mixed news ahead of tomorrow's away game against West Ham, declaring how Tomas Rosicky joins Theo Walcott on the sidelines but Nicklas Bendtner and Philippe Senderos are available again. Wenger said: Before ...

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This video perfectly encapsulates the two sides of Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner's footballing ability. On the one hand he performs a tremendous chip in training and on the other he floors himself by allowing his left leg to tackle his right. Watch as his international teammate in the distance just can't stop laughing, so much so he is rolling on the floor in hysterics.

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The Game Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Eduardo and Tomas Rosicky are all out injured for the Gunners who will be looking for their third consecutive Champions League win tonight. Onto the line-ups with Gael Clichy returning as ... Click to continue reading...

The Game Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner, Eduardo and Tomas Rosicky are all out injured for the Gunners who will be looking for their third consecutive Champions League win tonight. Onto the line-ups with Gael Clichy returning as ...

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The Game Having produced brilliant performances in their last games, Arsenal will definitely try not to only win today, but to also improve their goal average record as they face Birmingham City at the Emirates. Nicklas Bendtner, ... Click to continue reading...