‘Get over the line and finish the job’: Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger wants momentum heading into FA Cup Final

'What is the best way' to go into the FA Cup Final with Aston Villa next week, says Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, 'is for us to win the game' on Sunday against West Brom.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger observes his side during their Premier League draw against Sunderland on Wednesday. Mike Hewitt / Getty Images / May 20, 2015

Arsene Wenger says the FA Cup Final won't distract Arsenal from ending their Premier League season on a high against West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.

Wenger’s side bring the curtain down on their league campaign at the Emirates Stadium with a third-place finish appearing all but assured.

Only an unlikely set of results will see them overhauled by fourth placed Manchester United, who trail Arsenal by three points with an inferior goal difference, on the final day.

But Arsenal manager Wenger is refusing to wrap his star players in cotton wool with less than a week to go before their Wembley showdown against Aston Villa, which comes next Saturday.

“I think top-level competition is to focus on your next challenge and that’s what we do,” Wenger said.

“We have enough experience in our dressing room to know that what is important is the next competition. It will be absolutely easy for us to focus.

“We have fought very hard to directly qualify for the Champions League and we want to get over the line and finish the job, which we couldn’t do on Wednesday,” in a draw against Sunderland, he said.

“We want to do it in a convincing way now. Will I rest one, two players? Certainly.

“What is for me the best way is for us to win the game.”

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck faces a fitness fight to make the Cup Final after being ruled out of the West Brom clash.

He hasn’t started a game since the semi-final win over Reading on April 18 as he battles to overcome a knee injury.

Despite being an injury doubt, he was still included in Roy Hodgson’s England squad ahead of next month’s international double-header.

“Danny Welbeck is not out for a long time and he has nothing at all on any scan, just bone bruising on his knee,” Wenger said.

“That’s just the pain that will decide if he is fit or not. There is a good chance that he will be available for England.

“We have to wait for the response to that to know if he responds in a positive way. He could be fit very quickly.

“If he is not available for the FA Cup Final, I can’t see him being competitive enough for England.”

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