“I’m not very happy with the tackle.” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger following his side’s 3-1 victory at the Britannia last night.

“I just want to say we know what we are expecting, a battle everywhere, but we have now lost three players – (Abou) Diaby, Eduardo and Ramsey today, a boy of 19 years old – on horrendous tackles. It’s always coincidence. I don’t believe in coincidence when you are hit as many times as we do.”

“We know what it is always to be physical against Arsenal and what questions I get in press conferences we don’t fancy the physical side of it, that’s what the result is.”

In this situation, I personally feel extremely sorry for Shawcross because, as has been said hundreds of times both last night and this morning, he’s not that sort of player. From seeing the incident several times now, I firmly believe he didn’t go to hurt Ramsey. Shawcross went into the challenge fully committed and unfortunately it resulted in an horrific leg break for Ramsey.

In a sense, I do agree that teams may play a bit harder when they face Arsenal, however unlike Wenger, I feel it is purely coincidence that several of his players have suffered horrific injuries over the past 18 months or so.

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From everyone at Football Corner, we wish Aaron a very speedy recovery and hope to see him back playing early next season.

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