Wenger focused on Wolves

Arsene Wenger emphasised Arsenal's desperation to win a trophy this season by insisting Saturday's Barclays Premier League match against Wolves was more important than next week's Champions League clash with Barcelona.

The Arsenal manager is not contemplating resting any of his top stars against Wolves, who ended Manchester United's unbeaten run at Molineux last weekend.

"I really do just focus on Wolves. We are so much focused on the Premier League that I cannot even imagine playing against Barcelona next week because it is out of my mind completely," Wenger said.

"There is no Barcelona in mind. There is Wolverhampton in mind. That's what is important to us, the championship. We fought so hard to be in this position now that the most important thing is that we focus on the Premier League."

Arsenal, who last won the Premier League in 2004, currently sit in second place, four points behind Manchester United who play Manchester City in Saturday's lunchtime fixture.

But Wenger's main concern is that his side move on from the psychological effects of the 4-4 draw against Newcastle at St James' Park last weekend, when Abou Diaby was sent off after a confrontation with Joey Barton.

Wenger met up with the squad for the first time on Friday after they returned from international action and said: "I didn't see the players (this week). Basically it was good to go away but the damage could have been much bigger.

"As long as there were 11 against 11 on the pitch against Newcastle we were outstanding and people forget about that. We should get a lot of belief and positives out of that game. When we went down to 10 we were a bit too nervous and we have to learn from that individually and collectively.

"We lost two points we should have got but mathematically we are one point closer to where we want to be. The players have a point to prove to themselves because they know they wasted two points. Personally I have a great belief in this team and they can be stronger than ever. They have gained in maturity.

"I like the attitude of this team and I trust the attitude. I don't deny that we lost our way a little bit in the second half and we want to learn from that. We have a good chance to show it Saturday."