Football Corner

Arsenal have been given some mixed news with regard injuries picked up in last night's Carling Cup victory over League 1 side Doncaster. Dutch winger/striker Quincy Owusu Abeyie is set to be on the sidelines for up to six weeks with a knee injury while fellow Dutch man Robin Van Persie looks as though he might be fit for the busy Christmas period after he also picked up a knee injury last night and was taken off after only 33 minutes.

"Van Persie has a knock over his knee," Gunners chief Arsene Wenger told the club's website. "I don't know how long it will be for him but it looks quite swollen."Owusu Abeyie's problem appears to be more serious, with medial ligament damage set to keep him out of action until
February."Quincy has a medial knee ligament [injury], that looks a four to six-week job," added Wenger.

I personaly think that Arsenal would of prefered this outcome against the outcome that Van Persie would be out for six weeks and Quincy be back sooner than him ( with all due respect to Quincy). Van Persie has played well this season and Arsene Wenger will be hoping and praying that he will be available for their Boxing Day trip to The Valley to play Charlton.