David Bentley insists the hurt felt by John Terry after his Champions League penalty miss against Manchester United will drive him on to win the trophy.

Terry slipped as he took the penalty which could have won the Blues their first Champions League crown and although he says he will be "haunted forever" by the blunder, the Chelsea captain has been a true professional, according to Bentley.

Terry and the rest of Fabio Capello's England squad are preparing for their double-header against the United States and Trinidad and Tobago but Blackburn winger Bentley believes the Chelsea captain is already thinking about leading the Blues to glory in the final next season.

"John has been great," said Bentley. "He has just got on with his job. He's a great player and a great professional.

"He knows what he has to do. I was gutted for him but that happens in football and I am sure that he is just thinking about getting into the final of the Champions League again next year and winning it."

Meanwhile, Bentley is determined to carve out a career at senior level after attracting criticism for withdrawing from the England Under-21 squad for the European Championship in Holland last summer.

He claimed fatigue as the reason behind his controversial decision.

Bentley was even booed at Wembley when he made his senior debut but there is no doubting the fact that he is one of the rising stars under Capello's regime. He is now seen as the natural successor to David Beckham and has no qualms about making his ambitions clear.

But Bentley insists has no regrets about the decision which attracted so much criticism.

"I am just looking to the future now," said Bentley. "I am looking to do well every time I step out on to the pitch.

"There will be people who are questioning me from a footballing and personality point of view, but they don't know me.

"I am just going to keep on enjoying myself and performing like every player."

Bentley's impressive season for Blackburn earned him a place in Capello's squad for the two friendlies with Switzerland and France and he is already full of praise for the new man at the helm.

"I've not done anything in my career as yet," he admitted. "He's a manager who's played and managed at the highest level. I've only got respect for him. To be involved on a match day or on the training pitch with him, that respect has only grown.

"He demands that you be the best you can be, demands that each player plays to the highest level. For me, that's the best way to develop your play. Each player is looking to impress and prove what he can do.

"He's shown his capabilities and what he is as a manager. He's managed some of the great players at some of the top clubs in the world. You get to a level and he wants you to push on. He demands the best out of you and that's a good thing.

"Everyone's grafting, but you come here to work. That's the attitude the gaffer's got. You're not here to go through the motions, to be an England player. You're here to work hard on improving and getting better as an England player."

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