Arsenal can win the champions league

Another quiet Monday, god i so hate Monday but that's another issue

Diaby is talking these days, people he played well against Portsmouth, well we all know how talented he is, but we also know how frustrating he can be sometimes, and the biggest problem with him is, he is far too inconsistent and get injured too often, but if he stay's fit and play like he did against Portsmouth week in week out. He will be a great asset to the club

This season he has set himself few targets like staying fit(most important), making the squad for next year world cup(first make a place at Arsenal) and winning trophies.

He sounded very optimistic about Arsenal chances this season.

The 23-year-old said: "It was my first full game because I'd had a few injuries in pre-season. So to score two goals and have the team winning was a very good day for me.

"It's given us a lot of confidence. We have some big games coming up in the future and we have to be ready.

"I feel we can definitely challenge everyone this season. We are ready to fight and to get something this year."

"We talk about winning the Champions League, of course. Arsenal is a big club and as a player you want to win that trophy so it's in our mind.”

Waiting news on Cesc Injury will keep you all updated

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[VIDEO]Arsene On Fabregas Injury And Match Highhlights

ARSENAL V PORTSMOUTH MATCH HIGHLIGHTS

ARSENE POST MATCH INTERVIEW

Arsenal Run Riot And Fabregas Injury

Well what can I say, the result was expected Arsenal could have had more, not to mention Portsmouth could also have scored a couple of goals. Result was expected Arsenal were expected to win but with a clean sheet.

I really feel Almunia should have done better he did not read the cross and Kaboul acted first and out jumped Almunia but all this apart Eduardo was looking really very sharp throughout the time he was on the pitch and the first goal he setup for Diaby was fantastic who went on to score the second goal again a classic Arsenal counter attack. then scrappy goal from Gallas who have 3 goals in 3 games now and he is the top scorer for Arsenal and the final goal from Ramsey when he picked up the fantastic Van Persie through ball and once again our strikers did not score, Van Persie free kick was denied by some fantastic goal keeping from James.

All in all a good performance now for the two big matches, Celtic home and Manchester Away. Hope to continuee this form in these fixtures as well.

More injury worries for the gunners as Fabregas was substituted after the first half and Wenger at his post match interview said that Fabregas has a hamstring injury, lets hope its not a serious injury and he should be fit to face Celtic.

More to follow

Prediction/Team News/Preview - Arsenal v Portsmouth

Premier league is back and we are already a game behind. Like Wenger said "we don't want to play catch up with anyone". I really feel that Arsenal should score early because we all know that Paul hart has Already parked his bus in front of Arsenal goal so more time we take to break portsmouth defence more likely it is for our player to get frustrated and make mistake by over committing themself,

Now for some team news, Wenger finally said it, that Vela is carrying an ankle injury and it will take some time to recover.

Eduardo is fit to face Portsmouth on Saturday, having recovered from a groin problem which ruled him out of the Champions League qualifier against Celtic. Well I believe that Eduardo will start this match and let's hope he don't get injured again till the end of the season.

Theo Walcott (back), however, has once again been ruled out. Arsene is right to criticise England U21 coach and Capello for including Walcott in the U21 championship. He warned them about the consequences.

Lukasz Fabianski (knee),Tomas Rosicky (hamstring),Samir Nasri (broken leg) and Johan Djourou (knee) all continue their rehabilitation. Wish them all a speedy recovery.

Portsmouth travel without midfielder Papa Bouba Diop, who faces a possible three to six weeks on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.

The Senegal international is set to undergo a scan to confirm the extent of the problem, but he will definitely sit out the clash at the Emirates Stadium.

Manager Paul Hart remains without Herman Hreidarsson and Steve Finnan, who are also suffering with hamstring problems and are at least two weeks away from returning.

Arsenal Team news:

Almunia, Sagna, Vermaelen, Gallas, Clichy, Song, Fabregas, Denilson, Arshavin, Bendtner, van Persie, Mannone, Eduardo, Eboue, Ramsey, Wilshere, Gibbs, Silvestre.

The formation should be somewhat like this

Almunia

Sagne Gallas Vermarlen Clichy/Gibbs

Song

Denilson Ramsey/Fab

Bendtner Arshavin

Eduardo/Van Persie

Prediction : 3 - 0 (Arsenal) Arshavin to score his first goal today

Let me know what formation you think Wenger will play