The Ivory Coast international has stepped up to The Gunners' first team in recent months in the absence of long-term injury casualty Lauren and is now set to turn out in Paris next week.

在劳伦因为伤病缺席了很长一段时间之后，象牙海岸的国脚已经走进了枪手的一线队伍。

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In the absence of the Ivory Coast defender and the big striker, Celtic defender Daniel Majstorovic rose above the visiting defence to meet a couple of corners without finding the target with his headers.

BBC: Sport - Football - Celtic 2-1 Hibernian

English-based Emmanuel Eboue and Didier Zokora worked tirelessly for Ivory Coast but the Africans lacked a finishing touch in the absence of Chelsea pair Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou.

BBC: Ivory Coast suffer Japan defeat