1.   Arsenal star Fredrik Ljungberg played with pain in his hip in the first two games, but was scratched from the Argentine finale.

2.   Arsenal midfield star Patrick Vieira held talks with Real Madrid in the Spanish capital with a view to a transfer, Spanish news reports said Wednesday.

3.   Arsenal star Giovanni van Bronckhorst is not expected to play again until December after suffering a serious knee injury he sustained against Fulham last weekend.

4.   Arsenal star Paul Merson was handed a last chance by the football authorities to sort out his drug problems here on Thursday.

5.   Arsenal star Paul Merson agreed to take part in a rehabilitation programme here on Thursday following his confession to cocaine addiction last week.

6.   Arsenal star Thierry Henry was also left impressed.