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AC Milan v Arsenal - Wenger names 18 man squad including Van Persie, but no Toure

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Arsène Wenger has named the following 18-man squad for the UEFA Champions League clash with AC Milan.The most notable absentee is Kolo Toure but Robin van Persie returns the the squad.Jens LEHMANN (GK)Abou DIABYBacary SAGNACesc FABREGASPhilippe SENDEROSWilliam GALLASRobin VAN PERSIEAlexander HLEBDENILSONMathieu FLAMINIGILBERTOGael CLICHYManuel ALMUNIA (GK)Emmanuel ADEBAYORNicklas BENDTNEREmmanuel EBOUEJustin HOYTETheo WALCOTT
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Arsène Wenger will not send his side out to kick Kaka on Tuesday night. The Arsenal manager considers the Brazilian playmaker to be one of football's artists.Wenger takes his side to Milan on Monday for a crucial Champions League Knockout Round second leg. The tie is locked at 0-0 and so goals will be at a premium. Kaka has all the attributes to unlock the Arsenal defence but Wenger, who has recently been critical of over-zealous tackles against his players, would never send out his side with malice a forethought."No chance, no chance," he said before the weekend game with Villa. "If you kick the great players out of games then why should people watch football? Great players make football a bit special - an art. If you kick them it is not acceptable."In Italy, what do the teams when they play against Milan? Take Kaka, get him out of the game. And you know how they will deal with that."But we will be faithful to what we do, we will try to deal with him by cutting the connections to him. We will play zonal and will not mark him man-to-man."
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MILANELLO - Here are the 21 players called up by Carlo Ancelotti for tomorrow's match against Arsenal:GOALKEEPERS: Kalac, Fiori, OffrediDEFENDERS: Bonera, Favalli, Kaladze, Maldini, Nesta, Oddo, SimicMIDFIELDERS: Ambrosini, Gattuso, Emerson, Gourcuff, Pirlo, SeedorfSTRIKERS: Gilardino, Inzaghi, Paloschi, Pato, Kakà.MILAN - Amongst the Rossoneri there is just one player who is one yellow card away from suspension: Rino Gattuso. For Arsenal there are two players: Adebayor e DenilsonFrom AC Milan.com

Arsène Wenger has explained his decision to recall Robin van Persie for Tuesday night's Champions League clash with Milan.The Dutch forward returned to full training on Friday but he has played just three games since late October because of injury and has been out since early January because of a thigh problem.Wenger insisted he would not rush Van Persie back into action but the Frenchman believes the 24-year-old has a role to play in the San Siro."He has not played for five months really but he can play a part in the game," said Wenger. "He is not ready to start but medically it is not a risk. Maybe to start in the game and play above his normal pace, that would be a risk."
Pace and patience will be the key qualities for Arsenal in Milan, according to Arsène Wenger.The Frenchman flew out to Italy on Monday afternoon for a crucial Champions League Knockout Round second leg. The first game was billed as Italian guile and experience against English youth and pace.The Anglo-Saxons had the edge at Emirates Stadium and should have profited from their second-half dominance. However Wenger feels that 0-0 is psychologically a good position for his side - as long as they heed the lessons of the first game."I do not like to go away from home thinking my team just has to defend," he said. "With a 0-0 result, we know that we have to attack as well as defend."From the first game, we have the belief we can beat them because we dominated the game - that always has an impact on the second game."We will need patience against them in Milan but our pace can be a good asset as well."However the Rossoneri are the masters of brinkmanship in Europe. In the last five years they have been to three Finals, winning the trophy twice. Wenger expects a tactical affair in which the control of the tempo will mean control of the game."Milan have shown in Europe that they can deal with all sorts of opposition, they can slow the game down," said the Frenchman."What Milan do well is put you to their pace, and when Kaka gets the ball they can have sudden acceleration which can kill you."We will have to adapt to that because we like to play always at a high pace. In the end we should have won the first game because we were able to keep the game at a consistent high pace. We like to play at a consistent high pace, they like to play slow-quick."We have to be tight defensively out there because they tore Man United apart in the first 20 minutes of the second leg at the San Siro last season."It is important for us to start strongly in defence, but also not to hide every time we win the ball."What is good from the first result is we know every time we get the ball we are incited to go for a goal. When you win 2-0 away from home sometimes subconsciously you think you only have to defend. On that basis 0-0 is not a bad result because you know defence is not good enough. You know will have to attack as well."
Arsenal.comHaving Robin back around the squad will give the squad a boost.
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Arsenal entering very important stage of their season where every result counts, milan's season revolves around this one gamemajor concern for me is our form against spurs and man u recently both big games where we got shagged - in both games we were susceptible to the counter attack. watched milan on several occasions live on betfair video, most recently against were they drew last week 1-1 against lazio - milan were bollocks. but like liverpool, milan can raise there game on big european nightsthat said reckon arsenal can take a lot of heart from the 1st leg, outclassed and dominated them previous game, something which Man Utd cudnt do when they played Ac Milan at homegonna stick my neck out and predict 1-1, back arsenal to qualify @ betfair 11/10 great price!

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I've been here b4, Valencia, Munich, PSV, Barca, Chavski...I was confident all last week but as we get closer, im gettin more nervous.I think we can keep da ball ova there and be dangerous on the break, its just a matter of taking our chances and our creative players gettin on the thing..Rosicky is a massive blow imoSheyi must deliverOna positive the Mancs went over there widda maskeshift back line and no target man, at the time i thought a full strength Man Utd woudda won, so ima go with us to win 2-1.

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