Wenger looking for revenge

Arsene Wenger has his sights set on a revenge meeting with Manchester United or Chelsea in the Champions League Quarter-finals.

The Gunners booked their place in the last eight of the competition with a 5-0 demolition of Porto in the second leg at the Emirates Stadium, a result which wraps-up a 6-2 aggregate victory over the two-time winners.

And now Wenger, who has seen his side lose twice to Premier League title rivals Chelsea and Manchester United this term, insists he is now relishing the chance to gain revenge over either English club should they progress into the next phase on Wednesday night.

Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "I have a funny feeling, maybe it's good for us to play an English team.

"We have not done well against Chelsea and not done well against Man Utd this year and it would be a good opportunity to show that we can do it against them."

A hat-trick from Nicklas Bendnter plus goals from Samir Nasri and Emmanuel Eboue saw Arsenal clinically overturn their 2-1 first leg defeat to Porto on Tuesday night.

Danish frontman Bendtner struck twice in the space of 15 first half minutes before sealing his hat-trick from the penalty spot with the last kick of the game.

On the team's display, the Frenchman added: "It's never perfect but it was a very good performance, a strong performance.

"We had a very good first half, suffered a bit at the beginning of the second half, but after the goal of Nasri it made a big difference and from then it was easy.

"It was individual brilliance (from Nasri) but overall we had a solid team performance, we were serious, had good solidarity and, as we can play, a fluid game."

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Arsenal romped past Porto at the Emirates while Bayern Munich edged past Fiorentian in a thriller in Italy.

Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner put his weekend horror show against Burnely behind him to fire his team into the last eight of the Champions League.

Bendtner, who was widely criticised for his performance on Saturday, opened the scoring for the Gunners in the tenth minute when a clash between Porto defender Fucile and keeper Helton allowed the Dane to slot the ball into an open goal.

Andrei Arshavin, who was lively all night long, set up the second goal when he raced up the left flank and squared the ball to Bendtner for a simple tap in.

Porto had their chances in the first half, most notable when a Gael Clichy error allowed striker Hulk to cut inside the box, but his shot was straight at Manuel Almunia.

The Portuguese side came out fired up in the second half with Hulk and Falco going close for the visitors. Arsenal looked shaky at the back but some individual brilliance from Samir Nasri put the tie beyond doubt.

The Frenchman collected the ball on the right just outside the box, swayed and weaved his way past three defenders before unleashing a fierce shot that went in off the far post.

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The visitors ran out of gas after Nasri's stunner and the Gunners ran riot. Arshavin collected the ball in his own half and ran past a couple of Porto players before releasing Emmanuel Eboue who rounded the keeper before coolly slotting the ball in.

Eboue later won a penalty which Bendtner duly converted for his hat-trick - a fitting riposte to his critics.

In Florence, a see-saw tie was settled by an Arjen Robben wonderstrike. Bayern Munich trailed in the 28th minute when Juan Vargas scored for the hosts.

Stevan Jevotic made it 2-0 on the night in the second half, but Mark Van Bommel's strike levelled the tie. However, Jovetic put the Viola up again with a header. The scoreline read 3-1 on the night and 4-3 for the tie in favour of the Italians.

There was more drama to come though. Arjen Robben got the ball on the left side of midfield, cut inside and smashed a spectacular long range shot that put the Germans ahead in the 65th minute on the away goals rule.

Fiortentina were flattened and never really threatened Bayern's goal after that. 4-4 was how the tie ended and Louis van Gaal's men went through by virtue of having scored more away goals.

Bendtner shows his cutting-edge

Nicklas Bendtner insisted Saturday's horror show was not on his mind as he struck a hat-trick in Arsenal's win over Porto.

This was the striker's first hat-trick for Arsenal.

The Dane was derided for a performance against Burnley on Saturday in which he missed a sackful of chances, but he made amends in style as Arsenal claimed a 6-2 aggregate win to book their quarter-final place.

Asked if Saturday had played on his mind, he told Sky Sports 2: "Not at all. Every time I play a game I put it behind me as soon as it's finished.

"Sometimes it's one of those days and today I put it right.

"I'm happy with my hat-trick but tomorrow we move on."

Bendtner, who was on the scoresheet after just 10 minutes, added: "It was good to score early but I don't know if that affected my game."

Arsenal also scored excellent goals through Samir Nasri and substitute Emmanuel Eboue to round off an impressive attacking performance.

"It will give us a lot of confidence," said Bendtner. "We want to win the Champions League. It's something we haven't done.

"We scored all our chances which is very positive."

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger was understated in his praise of the Dane.

"I hope it will not give him too much confidence," he said.

"It's good for him. He played well on Saturday but missed chances.

"Today he had less chances and scored more goals.

"I hope it gives him the desire to work even harder."