Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger provided his usual injury update ahead of this Saturday’s game at the Emirates and some bad news were given as Theo Walcott is out injured and will miss the game, even though Bacary Sagna recovered and will feature.

The Frenchman, who also provided news on Gael Clichy and Kieran Gibbs, said:

We had Sagna out injured [before] but, normally, he will be available. However, Theo Walcott will not be available. He has a hamstring injury.

As for the other players we had injured, the long-term ones I do not even speak about. But the players who looked to be shorter – like Clichy, Diaby and Bendtner – will not be available. And, of course, Song is suspended for the weekend.

Kieran is doing very well. I had him on the phone and it looked to be completely fine. I have not talked to Robin yet but there again the news I got from the surgery was it went very, very well. There was a lot of disturbance on our side recently [about his injury] but the surgery went well.