ARSENE Wenger is confident his mis-firing Arsenal team will have the cutting edge to beat Wanderers in Saturday's Emirates showdown.

The Gunners boss has seen his attack dented by the loss of Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie and, without young England starlet Theo Walcott, has been struggling to find an incisive strike pairing.

But he believes he still has enoguh talent and goal power to claim a victory to stave off the biggest challenge yet to his Champions League ambitions.

"We are missing three strikers but we will find the resources because we have to beat Bolton on Saturday," Wenger said.

Arsenal have been hit hard by the loss off skipper Henry and top scorer Van Persie, who scored 21 Premiership goals between them before their seasons were prematurely ended by injuries.

Wenger was still able to pair Freddie Ljungberg with Adebeyor at Newcastle on Monday, where he also had Jeremie Aliadiere on the bench. And, although the Gunners failed to score for the second time in three days, the Frenchman and his players are confident of claiming a much-needed victory.

"We had an enormously physical game on Saturday," Wenger said, viewing the performance at Newcastle on the back of their shock home defeat by West Ham, "and maybe we lacked a little bit of sharpness in the final third.

"I am not concerned at the moment. I feel our confidence has dropped a little bit because we'd lost three times. The consequence is that you do not score as many goals as you are used to.

"Of course, with the games we have at home now, it will be important to score, and I am confident that we will.

"I am confident, with the support of our fans at home at the Emirates, that we will win the game."

Midfielder Cesc Fabregas, admits this is a "must-win" game for Arsenal.

Having looked a safe bet for a top four finish before their season turned sour in February and March, the Gunners have taken juist one point from a possible 12 in a run that had dragged them back into the range of a chasing pack of clubs with Wanderers, who are now just two points behind, leading the charge.

Fabregas admits 2006-07 has turned into a season Arsenal fans will want to forget but says it is imperative they salvage at least a Champions League place.

"We have to beat Bolton because we have to fight for the fourth place and be in Europe next season, then forget about this season," the Spaniard said.

"We cannot fight for anything else, so it is our job to make it."

Fabregas reckons one point from their two games obver Easter was scant reward for their efforts.

"We fought really hard against West Ham on Saturday and again at Newcastle, so it has been 180 really hard minutes in less than 48 hours," he said.

"It was a good challenge for us, it is just that the goals do not come."