Arsenal's Tomas Rosicky, after a year out, should be back available for selection by the end of March. "If all goes well (he'll be back in) eight weeks," said Gunners boss Arsene Wenger on the club's official website. "But that assumes he survives as we increase the intensity of training.

"So far Tomas has been exceptional frankly - exceptionally strong, exceptionally patient, exceptionally resilient.

"The most difficult thing in sport is when you have an injury and you try to practice very hard to come back and it doesn't work so you have to rest and start again. That's the most difficult thing.

"But he is a brilliant guy, Rosicky. We miss him highly."