Jack Wilshere has defended the Arsenal locker room ahead of their Champions League clash with Bayern Munich.

Arsenal go into the game with a cloud hanging over them after FA Cup humiliation to Blackburn Rovers.

"It's not ideal to go into a game like that after the loss [against Blackburn] but we have to show our character now," Wilshere told arsenal.com. "We've done it before so we know what we can do. We've beaten big European teams here before so we need to do that again.

"We've got a good bunch of lads in the dressing room. They're winners as well. We've got the likes of Podolski and Arteta. Players like that are winners - they want to win."