{"id":285854,"date":"2011-03-01T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/01\/arsenal-lose-van-persie-walcott\/"},"modified":"2011-03-01T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T16:42:09","slug":"arsenal-lose-van-persie-walcott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/arsenal-lose-van-persie-walcott\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal lose Van Persie &#038; Walcott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n<!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4e11a723011391216-1.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Robin van Persie injured his right knee on Sunday\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Van Persie injured his knee in scoring Arsenal&#8217;s equaliser against Birmingham<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Arsenal will be without Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott for their Champions League last-16 second leg match at Barcelona on 8 March.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Van Persie hurt his knee in Sunday&#8217;s Carling Cup final loss to Birmingham and is out for three weeks, while Walcott has a sprained ankle. <\/p>\n<p>The loss of the striker and winger damages Arsenal&#8217;s chances of defending their 2-1 lead at the Nou Camp. <\/p>\n<p>But Arsenal say it is &#8220;possible&#8221; Cesc Fabregas (hamstring) will play. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard went off after 14 minutes of last week&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/9401011.stm\">1-0 victory over Stoke<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p> and Gunners boss Arsene Wenger said his captain would miss &#8220;one or two games&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>Fabregas was not part of the squad beaten by Birmingham and will not feature against Leyton Orient in the FA Cup fifth-round replay on Wednesday or Sunderland in the Premier League three days later. <\/p>\n<p>A broken leg prevented the 23-year-old from playing in <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/europe\/8602344.stm\">Arsenal&#8217;s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Barca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; his former club &#8211; last season, when the Londoners lost 4-1 on the night and 6-3 on aggregate. <\/p>\n<p>But this time round Fabregas appears set to feature at the Nou Camp, with Wenger saying: &#8220;Cesc is looking possible. He is making quick and good progress. It is possible.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The news on injury-plagued Van Persie is far less promising. <\/p>\n<p>An ankle problem meant the Dutchman was another who missed the second leg against Pep Guardiola&#8217;s side in 2010 &#8211; and he has been ruled out once again. <\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old damaged his knee in the process of scoring <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/league_cup\/9405702.stm\">Arsenal&#8217;s 39th-minute equaliser against Birmingham.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>He managed to play on but was replaced by Nicklas Bendtner after 69 minutes and Wenger fears the Netherlands international could be facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines. <\/p>\n<p>Van Persie has scored 13 goals in his last 11 games &#8211; including <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/europe\/9397008.stm\">Arsenal&#8217;s equaliser against Barca in the first leg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p> &#8211; and his absence could cost Arsenal dear as they chase the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League trophies. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, we had bad news on the scan and he will be out for the next three weeks for sure,&#8221; stated Wenger. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It could be longer. The shortest delay we can imagine is three weeks, so he is definitely out for Barcelona.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>If Van Persie does sit out three weeks, Arsenal will be without him for the Leyton Orient, Sunderland and Barca games as well as a possible FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester United on 12 March and the Premier League trip to West Brom on 19 March. <\/p>\n<p>Like Fabregas, Walcott was injured during the Stoke match, coming off after 71 minutes having turned his left ankle. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is out [of Barcelona],&#8221; added Wenger. &#8220;We said from the day he got the injury against Stoke you could count three weeks.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/4e11a723011391216-1-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/a\/arsenal\/9410924.stm\" title=\"Arsenal lose Van Persie &amp; Walcott\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal lose Van Persie &amp; Walcott<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Van Persie injured his knee in scoring Arsenal&#8217;s equaliser against Birmingham Arsenal will be without Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott for their Champions League last-16 second leg match at Barcelona on 8 March. Van Persie hurt his knee in Sunday&#8217;s Carling Cup final loss to Birmingham and is out for three weeks, while Walcott has a sprained ankle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-285854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal lose Van Persie &amp; Walcott - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/01\/arsenal-lose-van-persie-walcott\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal lose Van Persie &amp; Walcott - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Van Persie injured his knee in scoring Arsenal&#039;s equaliser against Birmingham Arsenal will be without Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott for their Champions League last-16 second leg match at Barcelona on 8 March. 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