Arsène Wenger admits to sleepness nights over Champions League failures

Arsène Wenger has admitted that the failure of his Arsenal side to win the Champions League has given him sleepless nights. The Gunners manager is closing in on 14 years with the club and has got no closer to lifting the European Cup than in 2005-06 when his side lost 2-1 to Barcelona in the final following Jens Lehmann's red card. In the four years since, Arsenal have progressed beyond the quarter-finals only once, losing to Manchester United in the semis in 2008-09. It is a record that troubles Wenger. When asked whether he suffers sleepless nights about never winning in Europe, the Arsenal manager replied: "Certainly, you always do a little bit. "It goes through your head like if you have something important to do tomorrow. It goes through your head the day before a game and the day after a game." But Wenger is confident that his side are this season bolstered by extra experience. "We have a good mixture of quality and more experience," he said. "You know when you see our team play that they are not any more tender. We are equipped to win the Champions League. "Yes, it [the Champions League] is missing and we will try to get that right. You are more worried about others than yourselves and you want to do well for people who love the club. For the players, for the fans who love the club." "In fairness I can see 10 teams who are equipped, we are not the only ones who are equipped. We only worry about ourselves. "I believe our group stage is a good test because I think this group is much stronger than it looks. I am keen to start with Braga because they look a handful. They are a fantastic counter-attacking team."