But Wenger believes turning to a naturalised replacement such as Almunia is a viable option.
So far, Commissioner Almunia has vowed to also extract meaningful concessions from Google.
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Bentley tested Almunia from long range again before Adebayor extended Arsenal's lead after 64 minutes.
Joaquin Almunia, an EU Commissioner, says that renegotiating terms of membership would be "extremely difficult".
Almunia only had two moments of real concern in those frenetic opening 45 minutes.
Palace might have won the game in regulation but for some second-half heroics by goalkeeper Manuel Almunia.
England coach Fabio Capello was thought to be keen on picking Spaniards Manuel Almunia and Mikel Arteta.
Referee Dean pointed to the spot and McFadden stepped up to smash the ball to Almunia's left.
"I think it's been a positive discussion, " said Joaquin Almunia, the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs.
Meanwhile, Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia believes this season could see the tightest Premier League title race in years.
Almunia is keeping Jens Lehmann out of the starting line-up and Wenger is happy for things to remain as they are.
Speaking in Washington, Joaquin Almunia, the EU competition commissioner, said any agreement reached with Google would be legally binding.
It resulted in a corner and it took a fine save low down from Almunia to deny Sergio Busquets.
More poor defending from Gilberto gifted an opening for Fabiano, but the Brazilian's effort was straight at Manuel Almunia.
The German was then sidelined with Achilles and elbow injuries and has since failed to win the starting berth back from Almunia.
Google's opponents will welcome Mr Almunia's tougher line on search than the FTC.
Almunia will be able to declare victory and will then endeavor to forget the whole thing as soon as possible.
Fabregas had a shot deflected just wide but United were threatening themselves and Almunia needed to save well from Ji-Sung Park.
Commissioner Almunia said that too much time had been spent on "constitutional wrangling" rather than developing the "right kind of policy".
He raced forward and found Drogba, who swept past Gael Clichy with embarrassing ease before powering a shot beyond Manuel Almunia.
Manuel Almunia raced out of goal to halt Jones, but the rebound fell kindly for Wallace, who finished in composed fashion.
The longer both Almunia and Leibowitz wait, the more powerful Google becomes, and the more indecisive and laggardly the regulators appear.
Arsenal survived an early scare, when Almunia turned Vermaelen's header on to the bar, to take control and go ahead after only seven minutes.
The former Auxerre star managed to go past Almunia but his touch took him too wide and Arsenal cleared the danger.
Miller flicked the ball towards Korean Kim, who held off his marker and forced a save from Almunia with a drilled shot.
Spurs opened the scoring in the 13th minute with former Gunner David Bentley beating keeper Manuel Almunia with a superb 40-yard volley.
And Ronaldo almost marked their arrival with United's second as he sent a thunderous right-foot shot against the crossbar with Almunia motionless.
Arsenal goalkeeper Almunia was in action inside the first 90 seconds, retreating desperately towards his goal to claw out Rooney's looping header.
However, the rest of the Arsenal defense were slow to react and Pedro found Messi, who smashed his shot past Manuel Almunia.
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