Arsenal’s French manager Arsene Wenger seems not too bothered about a potentially tough Champions League second round outing against one of the continental giants come February after coming second in their group behind Sevilla who swept past Slavia Prague 3-0 in the Czech capital. But whatever may be the future, Mr.Wenger seems to have some of the best young talents at his disposal who are improving with every passing match. Last night’s comfortable 2-1 victory against Steaua Bucharest proved it once again. With a busy Christmas schedule in store and an important encounter with title rivals Chelsea ahead on Sunday, Arsene Wenger rested big names such as Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Toure, Manuel Almunia and Mathiu Flamini against the lowly Romanians but Arsenal’s young brigade repaid the manager’s faith with a much needed win after two winless Premiership games(including a shock loss at Middlesborough last week). Another bright spot in Arsenal’s victory is the successful return from knee injury for talented Dutch striker Robin Van Persie who showed no signs of match fatigue during his 65 minutes of vigil at the Emirates stadium. Infact the young striker was a threat throughout the match for the Steaua defence and was instrumental in setting up fellow young Danish striker Niclas Bendtner for the Gunners’ second goal after Abou Diaby met a Bacary Sagna cross to score the first one. Although Dorel Zaharia replied for Steaua with a goal after the break, there was no real danger for Arsenal to surrender the lead. The win sets the North Londoners up nicely for the crucial clash against Chelsea on Sunday. In other Champions League matches, Lyon and Fenerbahce booked the last two places for the next round with comfortable wins over Rangers and CSKA Moscow respectively. Lyon joins Catalan giants Barcelona who had to come from behind to beat Stuttgart with goals from Geovanni Dos Santos, Ronaldinho and Samuel Eto. Inter Milan dashed PSV Eindhoven’s qualifying hopes courtesy of a Julio Cruz goal. AS Roma hit back to hold under-strength Manchester United 1-1 in the Italian capital with Wayne Rooney handed over the captain’s armband for the very first time. In the group’s other games Sporting Lisbon comfortably saw off disappointing Ukrainians Dynamo Kiev. The third-placed teams from each group would now concentrate on the UEFA Cup, Europe’s second-tier competition. Image Link: Yahoo