Chelsea resume their quest to derail the domestic title charge of Arsene Wenger's team this weekend with a match against Middlesbrough.
"They will be champions unless someone puts a bomb here," said the Arsenal coach.
The Franchman is likely to miss the match on Wednesday due to a groin injury.
Arsenal manager hailed Thierry Henry as "world class" after the prolific striker netted his 100th premier league goal against Southampton on Tuesday.
Apart from when German clubs are in town, Arsenal's Emirates Stadium has been a fortress in the Champions League and manager Arsene Wenger says that must continue if his side are to continue their run of reaching the last 16.
Arsenal have only lost six times to Tottenham Hotspur in 43 matches since Arsene Wenger became their manager nearly 18 years ago, but the Frenchman is taking nothing for granted before the first north London derby of the season on Saturday.
Newspapers have been buzzing with speculation over England left back Cole this week, following reports that he met Chelsea bosses at a London hotel.
Arsenal, champions Manchester United and big-spending Chelsea are proving a cut abover the rest.
The Arsenal centre back stormed out of Highbury stadium after being substituted at halftime.
Patrick Vieira, Ray Parlour, Lauren and Martin Keown are all unavailable to the manager for a game against Birmingham City.
Manager Arsene Wenger has to choose between Germany's Jens Lehmann or Manuel Almunia following the Spaniard's error-prone display at Highbury.
A late Robert Pires penalty gave the English side a 1-0 win over 10-man FC Thun in the Champions League.
Maharashtra government has decided to provide subsidy in the range of Rs 3,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh for school games to promote sports activities in the state, according to state Health Minister Digvijay Khanvilkar.
Arsenal striker Thierry Henry could be ruled unfit for the north London derby at Tottenham Hotspur
Arsenal have lost two and drawn one of their five Premier League games since the Frenchman was sidelined with injury.
Cole has undergone surgery on a stress fracture in his right foot and is unlikely to return before the end of November.
Villa are sixth, five points behind the leading pair after four matches but have won both home games.
The NGO runs a football program in rural Jharkhand covering 450 girls.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident the France forward will open negotiations with the Premier League club over his long-term future.
The Arsenal manager said he did not want to have to convince the midfielder to stay.
France's Thierry Henry arrives at Euro 2004 next month as probably the best all-round striker in world football.
Arsenal will also extend their unbeaten league run to 40 games, two short of Nottingham Forest's record of 42 set over two seasons in 1977-78.
A draw with Leicester City on Saturday will make them the first top-flight club since Preston North End to finish their campaign unbeaten.
Arsenal's substitutes' bench was a man short against Bayern Munich on Tuesday after the Premier League side got caught up in red tape.
The 20-year-old will join Arsenal on a long-term contract for an undisclosed fee and subject to a medical.
