Blues still a bone of contention for Wenger

FOR one horrible moment, history appeared intent on repeating itself. An Arsenal attacker lay stricken on the turf, felled by a clumsy tackle from a defender clad in blue and white; on the sidelines, Arsene Wenger watched on, his brow furrowed with anxiety.

For St Andrew’s in February 2008, read the Emirates in October 2009? Not quite. Theo Walcott, the player clattered from behind by Liam Ridgewell on Saturday, had not suffered the kind of career-defining injury endured by Eduardo at the studs of Martin Taylor.

The England winger has strained medial knee ligaments and is likely to miss tomorrow’s Champions League trip to AZ Alkmaar but will be back soon enough.