I don't know how serious the thigh strain is but the Christmas period is certainly over for him. It was his birthday today
Arsene Wenger
Meanwhile, Sam Allardyce once again pointed to the missed chances as to why West Ham failed to snatch victory.
He said: "We've let it slip through our fingers, haven't we?
"We had three golden chances after we scored - Matt Jarvis in the box, one-on-one, Joey O'Brien's free header in the six-yard box and Carlton Cole's side-foot tap.
"We paid the price because what Arsenal do then is take more and more chances when they are losing.
"We had a great opportunity to win against the top of the league team and unfortunately we didn't take it because we didn't get the second. We paid the price today, sadly."
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