Arsenal ace may have broken his leg

Vermaelen left Villa on crutches and is set to have an X-ray tomorrow.

Wenger told Sky Sports: “We will have to check the X-ray tomorrow morning because there is a fear – it’s a nerve that is numb or it is fracture of his fibula – we hope not but we will have to check.”

“Overall defensively we were solid but we lacked an offensive spark in our play today,” Wenger added on their 0-0 draw at Aston Villa.

“I’m pleased we didn’t (concede), I think in the second half they had just one header, apart from that they didn’t create anything.”