Arsenal v Birmingham: Robin van Persie to lead facet at Wembley, while Theo Walcott set to miss Barcelona
Dutchman to skipper Arsenal in Carling Cup ultimate in opposition to Birmingham in absence of injured Cesc Fabregas.

Wembley assured pitch will be perfect for Carling Cup final
Arsenal Monaco Actual Madrid Wembley Stadium has assured Arsenal and Birmingham that there will be no problems with the pitch at Sunday’s Carling Cup final. Roger Maslin, managing director of Wembley Stadium Ltd, advised BBC Activity : “I won’t shed any rest worrying about how the pitch will play now the changes have been made.” Maslin has led the transfer to install a Desso pitch – this was laid in June …

Arsenal boss Wenger: We are not copying Barcelona
Arsenal Arsene Wenger Barcelona Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger denies modeling his sport on Barcelona ‘s fashion of play. Wenger admires the way the Spanish champions play, he says any suggestion of copying is nonsense. “We have attempted to get closer to them but we never ever copied anyone, we always tried to play our football,” the supervisor advised arsenal .com . “Because Barcelona [have] won with their fashion …