Arsenal trio to miss two games

(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-13 13:50

LONDON, Oct 12 - Arsenal will be without Freddie Ljungberg, Emmanuel Eboue and Julio Baptista for their next two games, manager Arsene Wenger said on Thursday. The trio will miss Saturday's Premier League game against Watford and Tuesday's Champions League trip to Moscow to face CSKA.

Midfielder Ljungberg suffered a calf injury playing for Sweden against Spain on Saturday. Defender Eboue hurt his knee while on international duty for Ivory Coast while Brazilian striker Baptista hurt his hamstring in training.

"Unfortunately when you have so many players away you can have some bad news," Wenger told the club's Web site.

Wenger said defenders Gael Clichy and Philippe Senderos were making good progress as they recovered from injury but were unlikely to make an imminent return.