Wenger: Gunners in talks to extend Walcott deal

Champions League Group D

Arsene Wenger’s life is never dull.

The past few weeks have been spent on the training ground, shoring up an Arsenal defence which was threatening to undermine the club’s resurgent attacking potential. Tonight, he will look for his side to ease past Belgium’s Anderlecht to almost certainly secure their progress to the last 16 of the Champions League, before they contemplate how to bridge the nine-point chasm to Chelsea at the top of the Premier League.