Hiding behind a series of first-team injuries, Arsène Wenger will be hoping that his Arsenal side can get their Champions League campaign back on track this Wednesday.

Must win game

The Gunners will line up against Galatasaray, knowing that anything but a win at the Emirates Stadium will be seen as a failure by the fans and management.

Saturday’s draw against Tottenham Hotspur was responsible not only for dropped points, but dropped players, as Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere all fell victim to injury.

Midfield warriors

The manager admitted the severity of Arteta and Ramsey’s medical issues, claiming that the pair may be out for up to a month of competitive action.

However, he did confirm that Wilshere would be in the squad, while he also lauded Mathieu Flamini’s impact in the team.

The Frenchman feels that, “His experience is vital to us. I took the opportunity to re-sign him and I'm pleased I did.”

Theo Walcott and Serge Gnabry will both increase Arsenal’s attacking options after they return to full training next week, therefore, the expected team for the midweek game is looking like this:

Expected line-up

Szczesny – Chambers – Mertesacker – Koscielny – Gibbs – Flamini – Rosicky – Cazorla – Özil – Sanchez - Welbeck

Winning edge

While admitting that the match against Borussia Dortmund a fortnight ago was not good enough, Wenger revealed that he feels the games in London will determine whether or not the Gunners exit Group D.

"We don’t lose a lot but we want to find the winning edge together. We are maybe more under pressure to win the game than if we had won the first.”

"You want to win your home games. You need one good result away from home and then win all your home games.”

Win at all costs

With the other three teams in the group collecting points in their opening match, Arsenal can afford nothing but a win to keep up the heat in the race for knockout qualification.

With attacking options still aplenty and a home advantage that the best in Europe fear, one would expect that the Gunners have enough to beat their Turkish opponents.

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