Gunners face injury crisis ahead of Porto clash

Arsenal go into Wednesday’s Champions League showdown with Porto without five regular players. William Gallas, Manuel Almunia, Alex Song, Andrey Arshavin and Eduardo have all been ruled out of the last 16 first leg tie. "Ideally you would always like them all to play. But you have to focus on those who are able to play,” said Gunners manager Arsene Wenger on Tuesday. "The question is whether we can have a good result with those players and I believe the answer is yes.” Trying to sound positive, Wenger said it was all about the development of the club. "That is part of a successful team, going into big games without your whole squad. These are tests you have to pass." French star Samir Nasri, was not so positive. "This season we've had bad results in big games. We lack experience at the highest level."