Emmanuel Eboue has urged Arsenal to salvage something from the ruins of another trophyless season by overhauling Chelsea in the Barclays Premier League.
The fourth-placed Gunners face Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday knowing victory would leave them three points behind their capital rivals.
"Third is the focus because we have lost everything now," Eboue told www.setanta.com. "We were knocked out of the FA Cup and now the Champions League, so now we have to think about the league."
He added: "It's very difficult for us because over the last three weeks we have thought about winning something this season for the club, but we haven't won anything.
"We were disappointed about the result but that is football, we cannot do anything."
Arsenal's last hope of winning their first piece of silverware since lifting the FA Cup in 2005 vanished in Tuesday's 3-1 Champions League defeat by Manchester United.
"Manchester United did very, very well and now it is finished for us," said Eboue.
"It is very bad for Arsenal, we wanted to win for ourselves and for the fans. We tried our best."
Gael Clichy will be missing for Arsenal's final three matches of the season with a back problem.
The French defender sustained the injury during the Gunners' Champions League quarter-final first leg at Villarreal on April 7.
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You can do something damn fool. Change the way you pass the ball, your overlaps must be purposeful, do not just run with the ball without thinking. Learn to shoot at goal. If you say you did your Eboue then you are not the calibre for that team. You do not have the quality. You are a loser!!. Martin Keown, Ljunberg, Ashley Cole, Viera, Flamini, Adams, and many more. You guys you miss something, I can not put my finger to it. You tend to feel sorry for yourselves!!. Winners do not give excuses like you do gooners... You are a put off. RISE-UP and be winners.
Arsenal have had a reality check.... a long unbeaten run against many of the lesser lights was put into perspective when they played the big guns recently. In summary... not enough reslilience & balance in the team defensively (even when all are fit). Good enough for fourth but no higher than that at the moment.
To challenge for trophies, they need to spend big on top class defenders & a midfield general, i.e. like what Man U and Chelsea have done in recent years.
yes, arsenal will finish 3rd and WBA will maintain EPL place.....only in dreams
doesn't he want to finish 2nd?
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
BU HEHEHEHE
Am sure he means third place in the champions league
Nice 2 C Eboue is confident we can beat Chelsea
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