Gunners suffer Nasri blow

(29-01-2011) Arsenal have been rocked by the news that star player Samir Nasri has a serious hamstring injury and is expected to be sidelined for some time. The speedy Frenchman picked up the knack during the Gunners scratchy 2-1 FA Cup fourth round win over League One Huddersfield at the Emirates Stadium this weekend. He is expected to miss their Champions League clash against Barcelona this week. "Nasri looks to have a serious hamstring injury. Usually it is three weeks,” said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger afterwards. "We have to see if it is a grade 1, it will be two weeks, so we will see.” Added Wenger: "I have now regrets because the plan was to play Rosicky, but he was still too weak because he was sick, so I took the gamble on Nasri. It backfired, but he could have come on and that happened as well.”