Wilshere on the biggest game of his life

Jack Wilshere is excited about playing in what he says will be the biggest game of his life tomorrow.

Arsenal face Birmingham City in the Carling Cup final at Wembley for a chance to finally end their six-year trophy drought.

Wilshere believes Arsenal are 'too good' not to be winning trophies, and hopes he can cap off a great debut season with some silverware.

He said: "At the moment, this has been the best season I could have asked for. I have played for England and now am about to represent my club in a cup final, which is massive.

"I am really looking forward to Sunday, it will be the biggest game of my life so far. If we can win, it will give us confidence for the rest of the season.

"It has been five years since Arsenal won anything and this team is too good not to win things. Every game brings pressure when you are at a big club like Arsenal.

"The cup final is a one-off game and anything can happen, so we have to be ready. We just have to play our own game, because on our day, we can beat anyone. Hopefully we can do it for the fans and then bring more at the end of the season."

Wilshere regrets that Cesc Fabregas and Theo Walcott will miss the game through injury, but hopes to see the team's 'great leader' Fabregas lift the cup at the end of the game.

He said: "Cesc is a great leader and if we win it, there will only be one person to go up and lift the trophy.

"In a way we can do it for him and Theo too, he has been a massive player for us in the Carling Cup and scored two goals against Newcastle.

"We will miss them, but we need to go and do the job without them."

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