Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admits he is "devastated" at the news that Tomas Rosicky could be out for a month with a groin injury. Wenger had to withdraw the midfielder halfway through his side's 2-0 Barclays Premier League win over Stoke.
Wenger has used Rosicky sparingly since his return from long term injury but is now facing up to the fact he could be without the £6.7million player for up to a month.
"He's devastated and I am as well," Wenger said.
"Before the (Stoke) match I told myself 'he has played the whole game on Wednesday, should I take the gamble or not as it was such an important game?'. But by half-time he was struggling."
"It's a vicious circle when you have been out for a long time. Eduardo had not played for 18 months, Tomas has not played for 18 months," the Frenchman said.
"When you come back, one or two games, your body has to get used to producing the energy levels again and it's difficult. Nobody masters that.
"The first impression for me is that it won't be longer than a month but it's a groin problem so we have to see the scan in 48 hours which grade it is - grade one is 10 days but grade 3 is three."
