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Teams: Arsenal v Stoke: Ospina, Chambers & Wilshere start
Arsenal take on Stoke City at the Emirates this afternoon and Arsene Wenger clearly has one eye on Thursday’s Europa League clash with CSKA Moscow.
The boss has rested Laurent Koscielny, Granit Xhaka and Henrikh Mkhitaryan while Alexandre Lacazette also has to make do with a place on the bench after recovering from a knee injury.
David Ospina starts in goal as Petr Cech is carrying a minor groin problem while Mohamed Elneny and Calum Chambers gets starts.
These are the teams:
Arsenal
Ospina, Bellerín, Chambers, Mustafi, Monreal, Wilshere, Elneny, Ramsey, Welbeck, Özil, Aubameyang
Subs: Macey, Koscielny, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Iwobi, Lacazette
Stoke
Butland, Bauer, Martins Indi, Shawcross, Johnson, Pieters, Allen, Ndiaye, Diouf, Shaqiri, Sobhi
Subs: Haugaard; Ireland, Berahino, Cameron, Crouch, Campbell, Sorensen.
Wolfgang
April 1, 2018 at 2:02 pm
The gunners are too predictable with passing ,passing etc and no shots.
When teams play anti soccer with massive nos stifling the md,the gunners are lost.
So don’t be surprised a misplaced pass will lead to a Stoke goal.
Time for Wenge r to go even if he wins the Europa trophy.