EPL: Wilshere and Gibbs close to return - Arsene

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has
reassured fans that England duo Kieran Gibbs
and Jack Wilshere are not far away from
returning from injury.
Gibbs has been sidelined with an ankle
problem, while Wilshere has been out for
almost two months after a foot injury
sustained during England's friendly against
Denmark.
Wenger indicated the duo are likely to feature
in the FA Cup final later this month but
stressed the team's focus is on ending their
2013/2014 Premier League home campaign in
style.
"Kieran Gibbs is very very close now (to
returning from injury) and Jack Wilshere is not
far away as well," the Arsenal manager said.
"They are both very close to being integrated
back into training again.
"We have to finish as close as possible to the
top and to win our remaining games - that is
what is at stake for us.
"The important thing for us is the next game.
Let's win at home to West Brom. It is our last
home game. The FA Cup is two weeks away.
That is a long time."
Arsenal have suffered just one Premier League
home defeat all season and that came on the
opening day against Aston Villa, who beat
Wenger's side 3-1.
Wenger admitted his side have improved since
then and believes they would have been much
closer to the top had they converted some of
their home draws into wins.
"We started in the worst possible way and
after some rest we've had a good strong home
record," he said.
"The only restriction has been maybe that in
the big games we had a few too many draws
and not won some of them. That is maybe
where the missing points are at the moment
because we are very close to the top and one
or two more wins at home could maybe have
made that difference."