Wenger ready for 'big test'

27 August 2009 07:19
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is eagerly anticipating his side's 'first big test' of the season when they head to Manchester United on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1 & HD1. The Gunners booked their place in the UEFA Champions League group stage after a 5-1 aggregate win over Celtic on Wednesday night. The club's attention now turns to the weekend as they look to maintain their 100 per cent start to the new Premier League season. Wenger believes his side will travel to Old Trafford full of confidence having recorded a comfortable win over SPL giants Celtic. "I am happy to go to Old Trafford because it is the first big, 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, 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."

Source: SKY_Sports