Arsenal boss Wenger: Bendtner does not need to be prolific

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists he's not bothered if Nicklas Bendtner is a prolific goalscorer or not.

The Gunners strikers are responsible for fewer than 40 per cent of their goals this season.

But Wenger told arsenal.com: “For me the most important thing is that we have the best attack in the Premier League this season, and our strikers haven’t scored as many goals.

“For us it is important our team play is right, then anyone can score in our team. There is no special responsibility on any given striker to score goals.

“I was not tempted to drop Bendtner because we had a good game [against Burnley]. You can have a good game and miss chances. He missed the chances where you feel the striker always feels guilty, but I never make a special thing of somebody scoring or not. What is important is the team wins, not whether Bendtner scores or not.

“We won against Burnley and won against Porto. In one he scored, in one he did not - but most importantly we won both the games.”