By ANTONY KASTRINAKIS
ARSENE WENGER is facing a nightmare fixture pile-up of five games in 13 days.
Danny Graham’s leveller condemned the Gunners to an FA Cup third round replay with Swans.
Boss Wenger said: “I am frustrated because I wouldn’t want a replay.
“But if that’s the choice between going out or staying in the hat I’ll take the replay. We should have won but showed great spirit and character.”
The Gunners kick off their odyssey against Manchester City next Sunday.
They entertain Swansea on January 16, then have London derbies with Chelsea and West Ham before a potential FA Cup fourth-round trip to Brighton.
Swansea also have it tough, with a two-legged Capital One Cup semi-final against Chelsea as well as the Arsenal replay in the next fortnight.
Michu fired Swans ahead but goals from Lukas Podolski and Kieran Gibbs looked to have won it before Graham’s 87th-minute strike.
Swans boss Michael Laudrup was not jumping for joy at the prospect of a replay.
He said: “It isn’t exactly what I was looking forward to, especially with the two Chelsea games in mind.
“Arsenal put us under pressure but they didn’t score and I thought we would maybe win that 1-0.
“Then they scored two very late goals and we came back and that shows great character.”
