Tuesday 1 October 2013 09:12, UK
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted it is far too early to start discussing who might win the Premier League this season.
Defender Bacary Sagna was more bullish about Arsenal's title chances than his manager, insisting the Gunners can retain their focus to finally last the distance and mount a sustained challenge. Sagna sees no reason why the players, boosted by the club-record £43million deadline day transfer signing of Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid, cannot keep up their performance levels. "At the moment the team is very confident, we are very ambitious and the best way to do that is to win games," the full-back said. "We have to take it game by game until the end. "We have the quality to do it and I think we can do it, but we have to stay focused until the end and we have to keep working hard." Praising the contribution of fellow Frenchman Giroud, Sagna said: "He is always questioning himself, knows what he did well and what he did wrong. "Olivier tries to work on it during training sessions and tries to communicate with the boss, is always asking about his positioning, what he could do more. "He is a very good player, good physically in front of the goal and finishes well, "We need to give him time and I think he will improve even more, and be more decisive."