Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists Nicklas Bendtner's long-term future is at Emirates.

"The fans judge on the game but the manager has to consider what he can display in one year," he told the club's official website.

"Today they wanted to see the finished article, that is normal.

"He has spoken to me and he knows I have full confidence in him and people are sometimes surprised that I stick with him.

"I think he has scored a very important goal (against Bolton) and it is not the first time.

"He can be decisive, for me when a striker is in the air, or on the move for a set-piece, he understands football.

"For the goal he scored he was on the move at the moment he scored. So you can say this guy is a striker and has a chance. He is 20 but it is very young."