Van Persie Expected Part As Arsenal Striker

After Henry left for Barcelona before the 2007– 08 season, Van Persie expected the part as Arsenal's fundamental striker. Following a dash of seven objectives in ten customary season amusements, Van Persie was sidelined for two months with knee damage endured on universal duty. He influenced his rebound in Arsenal's Champions To class gather arrange prevail upon Steaua București on 12 December and influenced his Premier League to return in the win against Chelsea throughout the end of the week. He got, in any case, intermittent damage that kept him sidelined until the point that January when he played 45 minutes in a League Cup amusement against Tottenham Hotspur. He was pulled back at half-time following another damage panic and included sporadically all through whatever remains of the campaign.

At the point when Arsène Wenger addressed Arsenal TV Online on Thursday evening he had not seen his Dutch striker since he'd gotten the issue in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Slovenia the earlier night. Be that as it may, the underlying direction persuaded the 24-year-old could be out for a month.

"It would appear that a knee damage," said the director. "We will know later today how terrible it is however the early signs are that he won't have the capacity to perform for us in the following a month.

"It is a major blow. Robin is a striker, a steady striker and vital on set-pieces also. I trust he will be back soon and we'll do the most extreme to get him back."

Philippe Senderos (back) additionally gathered damage on universal obligation and will be out for two weeks. However on the positive side William Gallas, Jens Lehmann and Tomas Rosicky are for the most part now accessible for the visit of Bolton on Saturday.

Abou Diaby put the Gunners ahead when he jumped on Bacaray Sagna's cross.

Chances traveled every which way for Arsenal, with Theo Walcott especially inefficient, before Robin van Persie set up Nicklas Bendtner to opening home their second.

Steaua made pretty much nothing yet pulled an objective back when Dorel Zaharia met Florin Lovin's cross with a circling header.

With his side's advance as of now ensured and Chelsea the following guests to the Emirates Stadium on Sunday, supervisor Arsene Wenger naturally rolled out improvements and gave a few periphery players the chance to awe.

They didn't disappoint him, in spite of the fact that it was generally simple to sparkle against a side as dull as Steaua.

The Romanians have gotten just a single point in Europe this season and it was anything but difficult to perceive any reason why.

Heavy weapons specialists attendant Jens Lehmann was one of the players Wenger had brought into his side however the German universal had little to do separated from select ball from the net after Zaharia had scored.

It was left to Arsenal to do the majority of the assaulting and they approached from the begin.

Van Persie, back following a two-month nonappearance with knee damage, sent Walcott clear yet the young person's shot moved tortuously wide.