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Boss - What to expect from plastic pitch

It has been a trying week for everyone at the club, and next up is a potentially tricky test at Sutton United in the Emirates FA Cup.

We will be heavy favourites to progress against the non-league side, but Arsène Wenger knows the perils of playing on the artificial pitch at Gander Green Lane.

“[The biggest dangers are] first of all the pitch, secondly their enthusiasm and thirdly if we are not ready for a big fight and subconsciously think that they are a non-league team and it is no matter.