Arsenal dealt Abou Diaby blow

By Gregg Davies
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Arsenal have been dealt yet another injury blow following the news that midfielder Abou Diaby suffered knee ligament damage during the Gunners' 2-1 defeat to Porto in the Champions League on Tuesday.

Arsene Wenger's side travelled to Portugal without a string of first-teamers, with Andrei Arshavin, Eduardo, William Gallas, Alex Song and Manuel Almunia joining an injury list that already included Dutch forward Robin van Persie.

And having lost in controversial circumstances at the Estadio do Dragao - with Porto scoring their winner from a quickly-taken free-kick - the Gunners have now learned that lung-busting middle-man Diaby is set for spell on the sidelines.

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Gregg Davies
Gregg Davies

Gregg Davies is the Chief Sub Editor of FourFourTwo magazine, joining the team in January 2008 and spending seven years working on the website. He supports non-league behemoths Hereford and commentates on Bulls matches for Radio Hereford FC. His passions include chocolate hobnobs and attempting to shoehorn Ronnie Radford into any office conversation.