Vieira ready to resume playing

Patrick Vieira today admitted he was not surprised to be left out of Arsenal's starting line-up for the Champions League defeat against Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.

"I expected that to happen," he said. "In something like four weeks I only had two real training sessions because of my thigh injury and I didn't think that I would start."

However, he and Dennis Bergkamp are set to start against Charlton at The Valley on Sunday.