After his one game ban for the red card he picked up against Chelsea was served, Per Mertesacker might have thought he'd have come back into the team. Instead, Arsene Wenger has kept faith with Gabriel alongside Laurent Koscielny, and the Brazilian has been part of a back four that has kept two successive clean sheets. Ahead of Sunday's game against Leicester, it seems likely the BFG will find himself on the bench again, with Wenger wary of the the Foxes' counter-attacking strength. Asked at his press conference today why he'd not returned Mertesacker to the side yet, he said, 'It’s difficult for me to go into any individual assessment. I think he has played many games. Sometimes I use a...
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