Source: Team_Talk
Gunners boss up for United test
The Gunners swept into Thursday's draw for the group stage of the Champions League with a comfortable 3-1 home win over Celtic on Wednesday.
A somewhat controversial penalty from Eduardo set the Gunners, who were missing injured captain Cesc Fabregas - a doubt for the trip to Old Trafford - on their way just before the half hour.
Emmanuel Eboue made sure there would be no comeback for Tony Mowbray's side with a neat finish before substitute Andrey Arshavin slotted in a third as Arsenal completed a 5-1 aggregate win following a fine volley from Celtic midfielder Massimo Donati in stoppage-time.
Arsenal have now won all of their four matches so far this season and Wenger believes that makes "perfect" preparation for Saturday's showdown with the league champions, who knocked the Gunners out of Europe in last season's semi-finals.
"I am happy to go to Old Trafford because it is the first big test," he said. "You want always to have a high level of confidence when you go to Old Trafford, we have that at the moment.
"We are now in the top league in Europe, with all the big names. Our team against Celtic was an average age of 23.9 years.
"That means, if we can get out of the group stage, then in six months we can be even stronger.
"That is what we want to focus on, to continue to improve our team play, the speed of our game and show that we have made big improvements come Saturday at 5.15pm.
He added: "For us, it is most important to recover physically because Manchester United did not play during the week."
