Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny will make his first appearance since May when the injury-plagued French international starts today’s Europa League tie against Qarabag. Koscielny ruptured his Achilles in Arsenal’s Europa League defeat against Atletico Madrid last season. The 33-year-old missed France’s World Cup-winning campaign due to the injury.
He finally returned for Arsenal’s reserves in a Checkatrade Trophy clash with Portsmouth last week and Emery confirmed yesterday that Koscielny will start against Qarabag.
The Gunners have a defensive crisis ahead of Sunday’s trip to Southampton with Rob Holding injured, Shkodran Mustafi struggling with a hamstring problem and Sokratis Papastathopoulos suspended. That could …read more
Source: Gulf times
