Jack Wilshere twisted his right ankle near the end of Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat and Wenger admitted he was concerned because it is the same joint that ruled him out of action for 17 months.
‘It’s difficult to say how bad it is,’ said the Arsenal manager. ‘Normally it would not be too bad but I am a bit cautious because of his history.’
Wishere adds to Arsenal’s growing list of casualties due to injuries and this adds more hurt to Wenger’s side who were thoroughly beaten by a confident Dortmund side.
‘It was a difficult night,’ said Wenger. ‘Dortmund were the better team. We had a disappointing performance. It is difficult to go into individual assessment of any player because as a team were not at the required level.
‘Still the paradox of the night is that we had very good chances to score first. We were caught on two counter-attacks. For the first, we lost the ball 80 metres from our goal. There were enough people to stop the goal. We were still three-against-one at the back. It’s difficult to understand how we conceded the goal.’