Arsenal
Cesc to rest, Henry back: Wenger cool on Campbell
Celebrate?
By Boris Mellor
April 11 2006
Thierry Henry and Sol Campbell are set to return to the Arsenal starting line-up for the trip to Portsmouth on Wednesday night. However Wenger made it clear he was serving Arsenal’s interests, not Campbell’s or England’s.
Arsene believes that Senderos needs a rest, as does Cesc. Wenger also intends to play Freddy and Jose. Reyes is suspended for the first leg against Villarreal so he is available for the next two games.
Wenger says he left Sol out of squad against Man U so he could sharpen up in training, it was better for him to work hard rather than rest on the bench.
Meanwhile Pompey midfielder Gary O'Neil promised the Blues will be right in Arsenal's faces tomorrow night. He went onto say:
"There's a few young lads who have played all their lives in the Premier League, and don't really know what it's like coming to a good old-fashioned ground like Fratton Park.
If we can get in among them in the first 20 minutes and cause them some problems, it might shake them up a bit."
Personally I am not too much worried about the youngsters, Flamini and Eboue will not be pushed about, nor Kolo, I just hope that Campbell can keep his feet. On their day Kolo and Campbell should be good enough, Campbell only fell apart when Kolo was absent. As long as Arsenal don’t concede an early goal I suspect O’Neil is going to be disappointed, but expect some rugby first. Besides they will be to busy worrying about Thierry Henry.
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