Arsenal dealt major blow with five injury absentees
Arsenal will miss a further five first-team players due to injury when they travel to Portugal for the first leg of their Champions League tie against Porto.
Defender William Gallas (back), midfielder Alex Song (knee) and Andrei Arshavin(hamstring) were all absent from the 18-man squad which left Luton Airport on Tuesday afternoon, as were goalkeeperManuel Almunia and striker Eduardo (hamstring).
Major blow for Arsenal, they were playing very well lately…