Champions League
Venue: Stadion FK Partizan Date: Tuesday 28 September Kick-off: 1945 BST
Coverage: Live text commentary on BBC Sport website, on BBC Radio 5 live and live on Sky Sports 4
Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia will miss Tuesday's Champions League trip to Partizan Belgrade with an elbow injury.
Almunia, who was at fault for two goals as the Gunners lost 3-2 at home to West Brom in the Premier League on Saturday, will be replaced by Lukasz Fabianski.
"The whole squad was very low after the weekend but I believe we will play well on Tuesday," said boss Arsene Wenger.
The Gunners are still without Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott and Robin van Persie, all out with injuries.
Full-back Kieran Gibbs will undergo a fitness test on Monday before the Arsenal squad flies out to Belgrade.
Arsenal started their European campaign with a 6-0 home win against Braga and Wenger, who says he would not have dropped Almunia had he been fit, is looking for a quick response to Saturday's calamitous defeat.
"There is always an easy target, an easy scapegoat," added the Gunners manager. "But I believe we win together and we lose together.
"Even if people think Manuel made a mistake on the second goal, we made a few before that as well as a team, so we all have to stand up for what happened.
"Manuel is very low, he was disappointed to have lost the game. Everyone felt the same, because we had a good opportunity and we didn't take it.
"But we are a good side and we will bounce back and I think we will have a good game in Belgrade."
Partizan, who lead the Serbian championship, drew 0-0 with Spartak Subotica on Sunday having lost their first game in the group stage of the Champions League 1-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk.
They will be looking to Serbian international midfielder Sasa Ilic and Brazilian-born striker Cleo to do the damage at the Stadion FK Partizan.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/9036382.stm
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