Laurent Koscielny Injury Update…

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny was forced out of today’s 3-0 win over Aston Villa after failing to prove his fitness in the pre-match warm up.

Wenger named Koscielny in his starting line-up but the Frenchman pulled up early in the warm up and was forced to miss the game with a knee injury, Johan Djourou took his place alongside Thomas Vermaelen at the heart of the defence.

Arsene Wenger gave an update on the defenders injury shortly after the game on Arsenal.com,

“Koscielny had tendinitis in his knee when he woke up this morning. I don’t know what position he slept in but he could not walk properly. He tried in the warm-up but could not play. We decided in the morning when he woke up. He came to see me and said he was not sure that he could play with that pain. So we called somebody up and pushed him in the warm-up. Straight away after the first run he said he could not even move. How bad it is we have to assess.”

So thankfully it doesn’t sound too serious and hopefully we’ll see Laurent back next weekend against QPR. It would be a shame for an injury to derail his season and also interrupt his flourishing partnership with Thomas Vermaelen, which has been a major reason behind our recent good run.

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