Arsene Wenger must play rookie goalkeeper

11 April 2012

Arsene Wenger must choose between Arsenal's third and fourthchoice goalkeepers for tomorrow's Champions League opener against Standard Liege.

Manuel Almunia has a chest infection while reserve stopper Lukasz Fabianski has a knee injury, leaving Vito Mannone and Wojciech Szczesny as the options for Wenger.

Italian Mannone, 21, joined Arsenal in 2005 but had to wait until the final game of last season - the 4-1 win over Stoke - to make his debut.

Szczesny has never played for the first team but the 19-year-old Pole was on the bench for the same game.

There are more problems for manager Wenger as Robin van Persie has a knee injury and Denilson a back problem.

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