Wenger driven by unbeaten run

Arsenal boss tells side to keep up intensity

By Lewis Rutledge   Last updated: 26th November 2007

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Arsene Wenger has urged his Arsenal side to remain focused ahead of the UEFA Champions League game against Sevilla.

The Gunners clinched qualification to the next round with a goalless draw against Slavia Prague, but top spot in Group H is still up for grabs.

Victory over Sevilla would ensure Arsenal go through as group winners, while Wenger is also keen for his team to extend their unbeaten start to the season.

He said: "It is important. We want to finish first, it gives you a little advantage in the draw and it gives you another advantage because it gives you the second game at home in the knockout stages, so we would like to take that advantage of course.

"We are also a team who are on a good run and we want to keep that going, and we know that is very, very important."

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Arsenal were unbeaten in the Premier League in 2003/04 but Wenger would not be drawn on the question of whether his current crop of players could repeat the achievement.

He said: "I think it is possible to have a good result tomorrow (Tuesday).

"We try to give our best in every game, I love to work with this team, they are really hungry and humble.

"They show that in every game and as long as we maintain these two qualities we have the chance to win the next game, which is what you want to achieve."