Bendtner ready for familiar faces

Denmark international Nicklas Bendtner is ready to face up to English Premier League friends and foes when they play England on Wednesday.

The Arsenal striker will be up against team-mates Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere in Copenhagen, and will likely be man-marked by Chelsea captain John Terry, Bolton’s Gary Cahill or Spurs defender Michael Dawson.

But Bendtner is excited to be competing against his regular club opponents when he dons his country’s shirt.

“Well I’m looking forward to it a lot. It’s going to be good fun playing against some team mates and some friends. I think it is going to be a tough game and it’s going to be really exciting,” he said.

Bendtner said his side were well aware of the lightning pace of 21-year-old Walcott, who displayed his burst of speed on Saturday when scoring the opening goal inside 60 seconds in the Londoners’ 4-4 draw with Newcastle.

“Well with his (Walcott’s) pace it is always going to be difficult and he’s going to be a threat and that is his big, big strength and everyone knows that,” he said.

The 23-year-old said he had no excuses for a poor performance in front of his home fans in Wednesday’s highly-anticipated affair.

“I do feel good as you said. It’s been a funny ride for me because it’s only after the last four weeks, I had absolutely no pain anywhere and I’ve gone 100 percent back into fitness and I’m starting to get 100 percent sharpness as well,” he said.

“I think I have been able to see that on the pitch and see that myself and I’m very much looking forward to the game and I think it will be a really, really good game.”