Wilshere scored twice as the Gunners defeated Marseille 2-0 to remain top of the standings on 12 points, while Borussia Dortmund's 3-1 win over Napoli left them tied on nine points with the Italian side.
But despite being top of the group and three points clear, Arsenal need a point when they travel to Naples for their final group game next month to ensure they make the last 16.
Jack Wilshere has these to say:
'It's a tough game, at home they are a very good team. They've got great fans,' he said.
'We're not through yet,' WIlshere said.
'We have to regroup again. It's a tough group but we will go again.'
The England midfielder was on the
scoresheet within the first minute before he added his second midway through the second half.
'It was strange as (anything) in the first 10 seconds,' Wilshere told ITV of the first goal.
'We lost the ball and they had a chance and we broke really well and got in front and got a great start.
'We created a lot of chances tonight. We should have (scored more). We played great and got behind them.'
Wenger on wilshere:
Meanwhile, Arsene wenger insisted Wilshere's two-goal salvo was inspired by Arsenal team-mate Aaron Ramsey. The strikes lifted his total for the season to four and Wenger, who recently expressed doubts that Wilshere would be
a regular scorer, insisted Ramsey's 13- goal haul this season has motivated his fellow midfielder.
'I have nothing against Wilshere scoring - if I'm wrong I'm happy! I liked his first goal because before he'd rush a little bit,' the Arsenal manager said.
'He's starting to think 'what Ramsey can do, I can do as well', the first goal shows that.
'What Ramsey has done puts in Jack's mind that he has to score as well. If you're a midfielder you want to score goals.'
Wilshere's opener arrived after just 29 seconds but Arsenal had to wait until the 66th minute for their second when the England midfielder tapped in Mesut Ozil's
delicate pass.
'We were in control of the game overall and I never really felt that we were under threat,' Wenger said.
'Sometimes we were missing the cutting edge to finish the game off early on, but we were so much in control that we felt that would come. It came a little bit late for my taste, but it came.'
Wenger expressed some frustration that Arsenal travel to Naples without confirming their place in the knock-out stages.
'It's unbelievable that we have 12 points and still have to finish the job, but that's reality,' Wenger said.
'It's a tricky situation. In over 150
Champions League games this is the first time I have seen this.
'It would be a mistake to think we just don't have to lose big. We have to play in a positive way and try to win the game, anything else will be a gamble.
'I will have to play a full-strength team against Napoli, I can't take any risks.
'We have three Premier League games before then so I have to use the squad well to make sure we don't drop points in the league and go to Napoli with a strong
team.'
Wenger on flamini
Wenger was unhappy that midfielder Mathieu Flamini had cut the sleeves of his jersey short, saying: 'I was surprised, he won't do that again.'
Wenger on ozil penalty miss
He also refused to condemn Ozil for
missing a lazily-taken first-half penalty. When asked about the German playmaker's spot-kick, Wenger replied:
"That's good news for England maybe.
'Everyone can miss a penalty. His run up to the ball was short, but that's the way he takes them.'
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