Nasri: Old Trafford is no longer intimidating - 阿森納兵工廠足球俱樂部 Arsenal Football Club

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Arsenal's Samir Nasri claims Old Trafford has lost its fear factor ahead of
his side's Premier League visit to Manchester United on Monday night.

The Gunners are top of the table on goal difference from Manchester City,
with United a further point behind.

But Nasri believes the current United team lacks the same aura of past teams.

"Manchester United is not the same team as before, with Cristiano Ronaldo and
Tevez it was a little bit scary to play at Old Trafford," he said.

"Now I don't think offensively they are the same as before, but still they
are a good team and when they are 1-0 up it is very hard to beat them.

"We will see, but we are really confident to get a result out of this game."


Fletcher ready for Arsenal threat

Although both managers Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson have attempted to
defuse the tension ahead of Monday's showdown, Nasri's remarks come after
United defender Patrice Evra claimed earlier this week that the Gunners were
in crisis.

"We could lose to them but then what? There is nothing [for them], there will
be no trophy, nothing," said Evra.

"Arsenal are a great club but it has been five years since they won anything
and that for me is a crisis."

Arsenal last won at Old Trafford in September 2006 but they have won five
times away from home this season - including an impressive 3-0 victory at
Manchester City.

"The difference when we play away is that we defend much better. Our
discipline and shape is more efficient when we play away," Nasri added.

"I am quite confident because we can play our game and we know we can score
at any moment away.

"We have to reproduce this kind of game at home and to be more efficient at
home as well."

It is not the first time Evra has questioned Arsenal's credentials, saying
after United's victory over them in the 2009 Champions League semi-finals
that "it was 11 men against 11 babies, we never doubted ourselves".

Since Wenger became Gunners boss in 1996, his side have won three Premier
League titles, the last of which was in 2004, and four FA Cups. They also
reached the Champions League final in 2006 and the final of the League Cup in
2007.

But in the last six years Wenger's youthful side have won only the 2005 FA
Cup, while United in the same period can lay claim to three Premier League
crowns, three League Cups and one Champions League trophy.

"Arsenal is a training centre," Evra told French television station Canal
Plus. "I watch them play and enjoy it but will they win the title? That's
what people remember.

"When you play against Arsenal it is a lot of fun. They are a team that play
football. They won't come to Old Trafford and put 11 men behind the ball.

"The difference is we play football but also have power. Sometimes they don't
kill matches off while we are more efficient.

"Our real enemy is Chelsea. We are more concerned with Chelsea's results than
Arsenal's, even if we know Arsenal are a great team who can beat Chelsea, us
or anyone."

Wenger stopped short of directly condemning his fellow Frenchman, saying he
would leave others to judge whether Evra had transgressed.

"Personally, I believe if you are a big player you always respect your
opponent and that is what we try to do," said Wenger.

"We do not want to go into any unneeded talking before a game like that.

"We want to focus on the way we want to play and ignore any provocation."

The comments come after a more convivial atmosphere to the build-up earlier
in the week.

Ferguson called for his team's supporters not to repeat the offensive
chanting that has been aimed at his Arsenal counterpart on some of his
previous appearances at Old Trafford.

But Wenger remains philosophical about the possibility of more personal
abuse.

"You know what happened over the years. I believe in individual
responsibility of what you do in life," he said.

"I cannot master 70,000 or 80,000 people. I try to do my job, that is all."

Club captain Cesc Fabregas's recovery from a hamstring injury will be
assessed shortly before kick-off, but Wenger said he will not take "an
unreasonable gamble" on the midfielder's fitness.

United have been near-faultless on their own turf in the 2010-11 campaign,
winning seven and drawing one of their eight home Premier League games.

But a return of only one victory and six draws from seven away fixtures has
left them a point adrift of Arsenal, albeit with a game in hand.

United's trip to Blackpool last Saturday was cancelled because of a frozen
pitch, so this will be their first league outing since the 7-1 thrashing of
Blackburn on 27 November.

Ferguson has confirmed that Evra, centre-back Rio Ferdinand and central
midfielder Paul Scholes should be fit.

Defensive duo Jonny Evans and Wes Brown had been struggling with a virus but
they are also in contention.



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　　阿森納上次在這塊場地獲勝還是2006年的事情，但納斯里稱，曼聯在主場早已風光不
再。「在我看來，曼聯不再是以往那支隊了，C羅和特維斯在的時候，來老特拉福德踢球
是有點令人畏懼的。」

　　「而現在，我認為他們的進攻大不如前了，也許他們仍然是一支強隊，我們會看看，
但我們對從這場比賽中帶走好的結果充滿了信心。」

　　納斯里無疑是阿森納近期最紅的角色，本賽季他的進球數已經達到12個，談到爆發，
23歲的法國人說：「這個夏天我第一次休息的那麼好，足足有兩個月。我現在對英超已經
非常適應了，我充滿信心，隊友也對我有信心，感覺很好。」溫格則認為，納斯里最大的
變化在心理。「如果你不確信自己能進球，就會受到影響，當你嘗到進球滋味，這會不斷
強化你的信心，我認為這就是納斯里最大的變化，他現在知道自己每場都可能進球，比賽
中他也這樣堅信。」

　　除了納斯里，阿森納的法國後衛薩尼亞也對埃弗拉進行了回擊，他說：「我絕不會允
許自己去批評另一支球隊，這顯示出對對手的不尊重，埃弗拉喜歡挑釁對手，讓氣氛變得
緊張，這是他做事的方式，但根本就不會影響我們。」



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33名獲救智利礦工中的27人週日抵達英格蘭，並將作為嘉賓觀看週一即將舉行的曼聯和阿
森納兩隊之間的一場比賽。

　　他們是應前曼聯隊員、現在的俱樂部主席博比·查爾頓邀請來英國的，一個贊助曼聯
隊的智利葡萄酒廠商組織了這次活動。

　　星期一，他們將首先和曼聯球員見面，然後在俱樂部主席包廂內觀看比賽。



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