Wenger: Gunners better equipped this time

ARSENE WENGER believes Arsenal are better equipped to sustain their challenge for the Premiership title than last season.

The Gunners produced scintillating football during the first half of the last campaign eventually to lose out to Manchester United in the race for the championship.

Wenger's side, who entertain Middlesbrough in the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final tonight, are back on top of the table after Sunday's 2-0 win at Aston Villa.