Lightweight Gunners

Cesc Fabregas has joined team-mate Andrei Arshavin in claiming Arsenal players are too small to mix it with the big boys of the EPL. His comments follow the Gunners recent losses to Manchester City and Chelsea in which they were largely out-muscled. "Throughout the game (at Manchester City) we had a lot of possession but didn’t really have anyone to go in behind defenders apart from Carlos (Vela). We had a lot of similar players, who like the ball into their feet. Sometimes it’s true that you need a different kind of option," claimed Fabregas on Monday. "Perhaps we had the same kind of problem at Chelsea, not really having someone whose game is to go beyond defenders, and we were a little small to fight against them on crosses too."