Wenger says his Arsenal side do not fear the quarter-final draw
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted his team do not fear drawing Chelsea or Manchester United in the last eight of the Champions League.
The Gunners earned their place in the quarter-finals with a 5-0 rout of Porto on Tuesday night, a 6-2 win on aggregate over the two legs.
And Wenger said: "I don't have a choice but I do not want to say we absolutely do not want to draw an English team.
"Maybe it is a good opportunity, if we get them, to show we can do well."
In two matches against Chelsea this season, Arsenal have been beaten 3-0 and 2-0, while Manchester United have beaten them 2-1 and 3-1 in their meetings.
But Wenger is adamant his side will have nothing to fear should their Premier League rivals make it through to the quarter-finals.
United will first have to defend a 3-2 first-leg lead against AC Milan and Chelsea come from 2-1 behind against Inter Milan in their last-16 matches .
"It shows you how football can change very quickly," said Wenger. "Nicklas had not lost the confidence, it remains relatively stable.
"He came back with good focus and the same belief - that is one of his strengths as well.
"We played fluent football with a positive start and the early goals gave us the belief we needed. We suffered a bit when we did not control the game at the start of the second half when we were not focused enough.
"Overall, though, we were good to watch and won with style."
Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira, meanwhile, felt the scoreline was not a fair reflection of the match.
"Arsenal turned the game around, put us under pressure and scored an early goal, that was the worst scenario we could imagine," Ferreira said.
"They controlled the match, but Porto deserved a bit more than we got. There were a couple of mistakes which were decisive. You cannot do that against a team of such quality."
Wenger does not fear English draw
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