DAVID Bentley is aiming to complete a memorable 24 hours by leading Blackburn Rovers into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the expense of his former club Arsenal tonight.

The in-form midfielder yesterday put pen to paper on a brand new contract, which ties him to the club until the summer of 2011.

Now he's ready to demonstrate why he believes Blackburn is a club that's going places by gunning down the Gunners in this evening's fifth round replay.

Rovers earned the right to a re-match with the Londoners following a backs-to-the-wall performance at the Emirates 11 days ago, where they became the first English side to silence Arsenal's guns.

Now Bentley and his team-mates intend to finish the job off by setting up a last eight meeting with Manchester City.

The England hopeful said: "We will be going out this time to win the game.

"We are at home and have nothing to fear. We have quality and all the lads are on a high after the weekend (victory over Portsmouth), so hopefully we can win the match.

"We had to go there in the first game and get a result for our fans and our club.

"Maybe it will be more entertaining this time. But if it isn't and we win, we will still be happy."

Bentley has been a real driving force for Blackburn this season, turning in a series of inspired performances, which has prompted talk of a possible England call-up.

And after taking the decision to commit his long-term future to the club, Bentley insists leaving Arsenal to join Rovers in a bargain £750,000 deal 14 months ago was the best career move he has ever made.

"I was getting a bit frustrated at Arsenal because I was a young lad and wanted to push on and play," said Bentley.

"I was going to Arsene Wenger and saying I want to play, I want to play.' "To be fair, he had some world class players. Every player in the football club at the time was a world superstar. It was hard.

"I have no problems with Mr Wenger. I have a great respect for him. He has done great things for the game.

"But I am a better player now, in the long term, for having left. I could have stayed there and played four games a season in the Carling Cup, but I didn't want to do that.

"Maybe I would have got more of a chance now because there are some young players in the team and he is looking to put youngsters in.

"But at the time, I was playing in the Carling Cup to the semi-finals and never playing again. It wasn't for me.

"I needed to develop as a player and physically develop as well. That was what I needed to push on and make me a better player."

Now Bentley has the perfect stage on which to show Wenger and Arsenal what they missed out on.

Having crashed out of the UEFA Cup, the FA Cup represents Rovers' last chance of silverware, and Bentley and his team-mates are determined to seize their chance.