{"id":359451,"date":"2011-04-01T22:25:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T22:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/01\/manuel-almunia-will-start-for-arsenal-against-blackburn-rovers-arsene-wenger\/"},"modified":"2011-04-01T22:25:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T22:25:00","slug":"manuel-almunia-will-start-for-arsenal-against-blackburn-rovers-arsene-wenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/01\/manuel-almunia-will-start-for-arsenal-against-blackburn-rovers-arsene-wenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Almunia will start for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers &#8211; Arsene Wenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Omar Shahid<\/h3>\n<h4>1 Apr 2011 23:25:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"61.878453038674\">\n<div readability=\"12.230366492147\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e31b857a126325_news.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"26.885350318471\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/2843\/ars%C3%A8ne-wenger\">Arsene Wenger<\/a> has confirmed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/spain\/1600\/manuel-almunia\">Manuel Almunia<\/a> will start in goal for the Gunners on Saturday against <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Much speculation surrounded the Spanish goalkeeper after his mix-up with Sebastien Squillaci in Arsenal&#8217;s 2-2 draw with West Brom in their last outing, with some suggesting a return of Jens Lehmann to the Arsenal line up.<\/p>\n<p>Wenger, however, has moved to clarify the issue, insisting Almunia will still start at the Emirates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlmunia will play tomorrow,\u201d said Wenger at his pre-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can announce that today, he will be in goal. He looks in good shape in training and Jens gives him good competition. The best thing for Almunia to do is put in a good performance in the next game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJens comes back to being very sharp, he is looking better every day. You do not stop at his age for seven months and you are straight away back to your best but he\u2019s getting better &#8211; they both look good in training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffThe Gunners are five points behind Manchester United at the top of the Premier League, but do have a game in hand as the critical end-of-season period approaches.<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e31b857a126325_news.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/01\/2422023\/manuel-almunia-will-start-for-arsenal-against-blackburn\" title=\"Manuel Almunia will start for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers - Arsene Wenger\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manuel Almunia will start for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers &#8211; Arsene Wenger<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Omar Shahid 1 Apr 2011 23:25:00 Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia Related Links Teams Players Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed Manuel Almunia will start in goal for the Gunners on Saturday against Blackburn Rovers . Much speculation surrounded the Spanish goalkeeper after his mix-up with Sebastien Squillaci in Arsenal&#8217;s 2-2 draw with West Brom in their last outing, with some suggesting a return of Jens Lehmann to the Arsenal line up<\/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-359451","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>Manuel Almunia will start for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers - Arsene Wenger - 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\/04\/01\/manuel-almunia-will-start-for-arsenal-against-blackburn-rovers-arsene-wenger\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Manuel Almunia will start for Arsenal against Blackburn Rovers - Arsene Wenger - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Omar Shahid 1 Apr 2011 23:25:00 Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia Related Links Teams Players Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed Manuel Almunia will start in goal for the Gunners on Saturday against Blackburn Rovers . 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