Wenger: trophy would vindicate Gunners

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger has challenged his young players to go unbeaten for the rest of the season and earn the trophy he feels they are ready for.

The Gunners have been cast as a club in crisis at times in the past year but have now gone 18 matches without a Premier League defeat heading into a their Champions League clash against Villarreal tonight.

Holding an away-goals advantage from the first leg of the quarter-final in Spain last week, Wenger’s youngsters will be within touching distance of the final in Rome if they hold on.