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Clichy calls for hard work

04 Nov 2008 - 12:19:56

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Arsenal defender Gael Clichy believes the Gunners need to improve their work ethic if they are to clinch any silverware this season.

The Gunners lost 2-1 at Stoke City at the weekend, their third Premier League loss of the campaign following previous setbacks against Fulham and Hull City.

Clichy is aware that the club's critics are once again sharpening their knives but believes there is enough quality in Arsene Wenger's squad to bounce back.

The Frenchman said: "I think now it is time to realise that we have got the quality but we need to work harder because football is not only about playing nice football and goals.

"We have to really work as a team and maybe everything will be better.

"We have the quality to do it but it's just a fact of being focused and working as a team because in football when you play a collective game everyone has to turn up, everyone has to defend, to attack and to run for each other.

"So if we try to do this and we can do that I'm sure we can still have a good season.

"(Against Stoke) I think we lacked a bit of everything. Up front we couldn't keep the ball, in the middle we didn't run enough and at the back we conceded goals again.

"So all the team was to blame again and I think we have to really work harder and to give the confidence back to the boss because every day he is giving us a lot of credit."