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Arsenal's midfielder Coquelin out for at least two months

Xinhua, November 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed on Monday that he will be without injured midfielder Francis Coquelin for at least two months.

   The Frenchman got a knee injury in the weekend Premier League defeat at West Bromwich Albion and will miss the games until at least February. 

   "We will be without Coquelin for certainly the next two months," Wenger told a news conference on Monday.

   "We have players - (Mathieu) Flamini and Calum Chambers has been educated as a central midfielder so there are good opportunities for other players to show up and show they can do the job."

   Wenger said that he expected his side to bounce back in the Champions League on Tuesday against Dinamo Zagreb where they need to win and hope for Bayern Munich to win as well in order keep alive their chance of making the knock-out rounds.  Endi