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# Bacary Sagna: all the pressure is now on Manchester United after Arsenal
victory over Stoke City
## Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna has said all the pressure is now on
Manchester United after Wednesday night's 1-0 win over Stoke saw Arsene
Wernger's men climb to within a point of the Premier League leaders.
![Bacary Sagna: all the pressure is now on Manchester United after Arsenal
victory over Stoke City][1]
Over to you: Bacary Sagna (right) says ball is now in Man United's court
Photo: EPA
[![Giles Mole][2]][3]
By [Giles Mole][4] 1:14PM GMT 24 Feb 2011
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Sebastien Squillaci scored the only goal of the match.
**[United][6]** are currently on 57 points and have a game in hand over their
nearest rivals. Sir Alex Ferguson's side now travel to Wigan on Saturday,
aiming to extend their advantage to four points if they can come away from the
DW Stadium with victory.
**[Arsenal][7]**, meanwhile, face Birmingham on Sunday in the Carling Cup
final.
However, the Gunners' hopes of winning their first piece of silverware in six
years have taken a serious blow after Theo Walcott and Cesc Fabregas both
picked up injuries against Stoke.
Walcott is out of this weekend's final after spraining his ankle, while
Fabregas injured his hamstring in the first half and is a doubt.
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The duo are being assessed by Arsenal's medical staff and the club will hope
that Fabregas has not suffered a recurrence of the hamstring complaint that
kept him out for most of December.
Sagna, though, believes Sunday's Wembley fixture comes as a welcome
distraction for Arsenal from the Premier League title fight, and that the
focus is now on United to maintain their own assault.
Sagna told _Arsenal TV Online_: "The pressure is definitely on Manchester
United now. We are only a point behind and that will be difficult for them.
"We are so close and we won't give up because we want to finish as champions.
"Victory against Stoke was very important for us. It was quite physical,
tough, and it was not easy but we won."
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