Thomas Vermaelen and Owen Hargreaves Injured

Owen Hargreaves

London - Arsenal and Manchester City are being made ​​anxious by his players. Thomas Vermaelen and Owen Hargreaves who recently recovered back injury.

The Belgian central defender is not able to perform full and must be pulled out a few minutes before the game ended because of a thigh injury.

Not known how severe the injury is not yet clear Vermaelen will be involved in the game big match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge next weekend.

"To perform on Saturday, I do not know what I would do. We will do tests tomorrow, but the injury he was not too bad," said Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at the official club website.

"He has been absent for a long time, he only practiced once with the team yesterday. I do not expect the game with such high intensity, but the game will be difficult for the central defender."

England players are struggling to save his career by joining the City after a long battered by injury while still defending Manchester United.

Thomas Vermaelen

City first team coach, David Platt stated that the injury is not serious Hargreaves. "There's nothing to worry about. He's only got a small problem because he's Owen Hargreaves but we talked about it," convinced him on Soccernet.

There is no meaning, only a little impact on the thigh. We have done a scan and no muscles are interested or anything. "