This season, Lehmann has made only two league appearances and played in two European ties, losing his regular first-choice place to Spaniard Manuel Almunia.

GALLAS FIT

Arsenal travel to Everton on Saturday with Lehmann again likely to be on the bench but the Gunners will be without injured Dutch winger Robin van Persie and Englishman Theo Walcott who still has the flu.

Wenger confirmed that both men are out of his squad but that French defender William Gallas was fit to play despite picking up a knock in Wednesday's 0-0 draw at Portsmouth.

He added that in spite of the injuries, he had no plans to add to his squad during January's transfer window.

He complained that if it had not been for the Premier League's intense fixture scheduling, including three successive away trips to Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Middlesbrough in early December, Arsenal would have remained unbeaten.

"Of course we are disappointed not to be top, but the important thing is to be there, to be first, in May," he said.

"We have only lost one game since the start of the season and I believe that if we had not played three games on the trot away from home, as never existed before for anybody, we would not have lost yet."

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