By Richard Clarke
Philippe Senderos has been passed fit for Saturday's clash
with Derby County but, as expected,
Alex Hleb will be missing.
Both players picked up knocks in Wednesday night's victory over
Sevilla in midweek. The game had already cost Arsenal the services
of
Tomas Rosicky (hamstring). A day later, Arsène Wenger said
the Swiss defender's hip problem classed him as a
"doubt" for the weekend while Hleb's knee made him a
"major doubt".
With that in mind the team news revealed by Arsène Wenger at
his pre-match press conference was hardly a surprise.
"We still have
Eboue (ankle),
Gallas (groin) and
Lehmann [elbow) out," said the manager. "We have lost
Rosicky and Hleb as well now. Rosicky has a minor strain and will
be out for 10 days, Hleb has a knee injury. But Senderos will be
fit."
Wenger's side have a heavy workload at the moment so he intends
to ring the changes.
"I will rotate a little bit and try to get the right mixture
between stability and some fresh legs as well," he said.
"Gilberto will be back, maybe Theo Walcott will start, I do
not know yet. Eduardo down the left can be a possibility as
well."
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