Wenger worried over Diaby

Arsene Wenger fears Abou Diaby could be sidelined by the injury he suffered against Bolton.

The midfielder was given a break after international duty with France and was later handed a cameo as he replaced Jack Wilshere with half an hour left.

But Diaby only lasted 10 minutes on the pitch after a strong tackle from Paul Robinson left him frustrated in pain.

The 24-year-old could only limp towards the sidelines and Wenger feels Robinson’s challenge was harsher than the one which saw Cahill sent off just moments before.

“The challenge (by Robinson on Diaby) has been worse because I have seen the leg of Diaby and it doesn’t look too good. The referee must not have seen it but the tackle was not good.”

While the Bolton man escaped without any punishment, Diaby’s injury woes remained and the Arsenal boss is having a nervy wait over the results of his scan.

“We will have to wait (on whether he will miss the Braga game). I am worried, but I hope we will have some good news tomorrow. He is having a scan – he doesn’t feel his ankle because he got a big kick on his shin.”

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Arsenalisto - September 11th, 2010 at 4:05 PM

Diaby’s leg could have snapped like it did at Charlton in 2005, but he somehow let it bounce back from the kick.

Arsenalisto - September 11th, 2010 at 4:10 PM

Hey what’s the thumb down for? lol I was just trying to show how bad the tackle was.
chris - September 11th, 2010 at 4:44 PM

pretty sure you got thumbs down because it was against sunderland not charlton
- Arsenalisto - September 11th, 2010 at 6:41 PM
  
  Haha thx

stornoy - September 11th, 2010 at 4:09 PM

Robinson is an utter cu*t. Someone better give him some payback when we play them next, that’s what Paddy would have done.

Eddan - September 11th, 2010 at 4:19 PM

Robinson is a freak!
No more, no less..

Arse&Nose - September 11th, 2010 at 4:22 PM

Robinson has a history of committing x-rated tackles..

Chamackh - September 11th, 2010 at 4:25 PM

Diaby’s injury looked serious nwy let’s wait n c good game!

Chris R - September 11th, 2010 at 4:32 PM

Even under Coyle, this Bolton side are still laden with thuggish animals like Davies and Robinson. As per usual, the after-match analyses on TV have focused entirely on the Cahill red card, which, arguably, was completely justified. Just because Chamakh’s leg is still in one piece doesn’t, or at least shouldn’t, disguise the recklessness of it.
As for Robinson, well, what else would we expect? Robinson is a dirty thug with no footballing ability whatsoever – a real shitkicker by all accounts. Let’s not forget, also, 2 stonewall penalties we should have been awarded and Davies’ brutish head-butt on Koscielny. Clash of heads, my arse; he knew exactly what he was doing. And then Sky had the nerve to slag us off for moaning to the referee whenever one of our players gets a little kick. Is it any surprise I don’t read the papers anymore?

Will - September 11th, 2010 at 4:49 PM

Let’s be honest here. Bolton could easily have had three off today.

1) Davies for laying the nut on when the ball had already been headed away but I am sure the media will say Davie is a good old fashioned centre forward.

2) Cahill for a tackle from behind, off of the pitch after the ball had gone but we know the English press will label him not that sort of player and it was the Arsenal players fault for being to quick/good.

3) Robinson for the two-footed lunge that could easily have broken an ankle but that will be reported as a blood and thunder tackle from a good old fashioned English centre half.

And people wonder why we never win anything at international level.

Terry Wogan - September 11th, 2010 at 11:51 PM

I just watched Natch of the day on BBC and they didn’t even show the tackle on Diaby. Insane!

Totonham hotsperm - September 12th, 2010 at 1:09 AM

Everytime an Arse&all player get badly kicked and injured the media get a hard on. MoTD is a joke, their analysis of the games could be made by a 5 year old, we would not see the difference.
People pay a shit load of money to see good football played, not thugs spoiling the game by preventing good players from playing. Who will remember Robinson, shawcross and other bloody thugs in 10 years time??? Nobody … unless they join the brainless team at Snatch of the Day.