Injured Henry ruled out

Thierry Henry may have a scan to determine the severity of the hamstring injury which will keep him out of the Easter Premiership games against Liverpool and Newcastle.

The Frenchman was substituted in the 81st minute of last night's Champions League defeat against Chelsea, and manager Arsene Wenger said: "Thierry had injured his hamstring and wanted to come off. He will be out for the weekend but it's difficult to say for how long after that."

Henry was having treatment on the injury today.

Fredrik Ljungberg may also miss the next three games. He broke two bones in his right hand in the FA Cup semi-final defeat against Manchester United and last night was clearly ill at ease playing with the heavy strapping to protect the injury.

Arsenal must now decide whether to allow him to have surgery to insert a metal pin into the hand, which could rule him out at a vital time in their season.

Patrick Vieira admitted it was a severe blow to go out of Europe. "It hurt us," he said. "Now it depends on how we react as a team. We have to show how strong we are.

"To win the league would make it a good season for us. We have to win something because we deserve to win something.

"Last night was a sad moment for us. It is the same feeling as when we went out against Valencia a few years ago. We have to forget about the last two games as soon as possible."