Published: 31 March, 2016
by TOM FOOT

NACHO Monreal has warned Watford that Arsenal are “hungry for revenge” after being dumped out of the FA Cup.

The Arsenal full-back believes Arsenal must win all remaining eight games to stand any chance of being champions and the run must start the Premier League new boys on Saturday.

He believes the Gunners have overcome their catastrophic run of form with the “perfect win” over Everton before the international break. 

He said: “We know it’s going to be difficult against Watford because we only played them recently and they knocked us out of the FA Cup, but we’re hungry for revenge.

“It’s a completely different competition,” he told the Arsenal website. 

“They’re not fighting for big things so we need to show that we are. We need to show we’re the home side and that we want to keep fighting for the league title. That’s what we’re going to do. We’re coming off the back of two really good performances, the most recent of which we won.” 

The Gunners are expected to be boosted by the return of Petr Cech who is rumoured to be making a return after his injury lay off. 

David Opsina was between the sticks for the 2-0 win at Goodison Park where Arsenal ended a run of four league games without a win.

Monreal said: “The basis of our play is to keep the ball, maintain possession for long periods and get into the opposition half by playing the ball around. 

“You need to be a complete team across the board and when we don’t have the ball we have to put the hard work in, defend as a team and stick together because then when we recover possession, we have players capable of bringing out the magic inside them and making us a really dangerous side. In that regard the match [against Everton] was perfect.”

Arsenal lie third in the table, 11 points behind the leaders Leicester City with eight games left. Monreal said: “I think the only objective we need to set for ourselves is winning the eight matches we have left and then what will be will be.”