Wenger-another keeper

	Arsene Wenger

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has put his faith in Manuel Almunia to deputise for goalkeeper Jens Lehmann in Saturday's Barclays Premier League clash against Manchester City.

Lehmann, 37, aggravated an Achilles problem during Germany's midweek victory over England and will have around two weeks out of the limelight after errors in his first two league games of the season.

After fluffing his lines against Fulham, the veteran let David Dunn's tame effort rescue a point for Blackburn, although Wenger gave his full backing by describing him as "top drawer".

But the Frenchman has also been impressed with Almunia's maturity and will pick him against City, meaning Lukasz Fabianski will wait for his debut.

"Almunia is equipped to take responsibility because he did very, very well when he played last year," said Wenger.

"It was very reassuring.

"He is mature, he has all the attributes you need to be successful. It was a close decision who is my number-one keeper because of his performances last season."

Wenger stressed he has total faith in Lehmann, despite his blunders.

"Apart from the mistakes, he's had good games," said Wenger. "You have to defend your goalkeeper and your players.

"You don't judge it on how many mistakes they make, you have confidence in your goalkeeper.

"The problem when you get older is people say you're in decline, but I am still convinced Jens is top drawer."

It was a bad week for north London goalkeepers, with Tottenham stopper Paul Robinson taking the blame for Germany's equaliser at Wembley.

Wenger, however, defended Robinson, adding: "For the goal, he was calculating on the cross and it is like what happened to David Seaman on Ronaldinho's free-kick.

"If he hadn't come for the cross you say 'what is he doing on his goal-line' and he was unlucky that the ball headed towards the top corner.

"For me, it is not a massive mistake because I like the guy who likes to step out on the cross.

"I don't like the guy who stays on the line and says 'I make no mistakes'. I prefer to be caught once like that and be caught once out of 100, rather than playing completely safe on the line."