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“I am not ready to drop Szczesny” – Wenger

By Ifreke Inyang on September 17, 2012

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Despite his howler against Southampton, which led to Arsenal conceding their first goal this season, Arsene Wenger says he has no plans to drop Wojciech Szczesny yet.

Vito Mannone had kept two clean sheets against Liverpool and Stoke City, but dropped to the bench, after the Polish goalkeeper recovered from injury.

“Wojciech is No 1 unless I change my mind,” the Frenchman said. “That is clear. That’s why he came back in goal.

“You cannot change a goalkeeper every time he makes a simple mistake, because then you have three bad keepers. The confidence is needed.

“It’s a special position where confidence is needed. Maybe he put himself a little bit under pressure because he knows [Vito] Mannone played well at Stoke and at Liverpool. I think he played better in the second half.”

This afternoon, Wenger revealed that the 22-year-old, has suffered a recurrence of the ankle injury that kept him out for two weeks, and will not travel to the South of France, for their Champions League game against Montepellier on Tuesday.

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