Nasri says Wenger's Foreign Legion will get better

The Gunners produced a resolute and determined performance to see off the European champions at Emirates Stadium despite missing a host of first-team regulars through injury and suspension.

Nasri scored twice as Arsene Wenger's team banished the memory of a disappointing week punctuated with no wins in three games.

And the 21-year-old firmly believes the Premier League title is within reach after the Gunners passed a huge test of their character.

He said: "Maybe we don't have the experience of Liverpool, United or Chelsea but we showed how mature we have become after last season and after the last few weeks.

"We showed we have a quality, technically, to win games like this one. Saturday was the greatest game of my career so far because of the rivalry between the two clubs and the performance. It is important to keep it going now. Mentally, we made a point by beating United. We know that the title could be achieved by the games against the big four and on Saturday we showed we can do it.

"With all the players coming back from injury, we are going to get better and better.

"We are back in it but we always thought we were in it anyway even before that game. We know our qualities, our strengths. We know what we can do and we can definitely achieve the title this season."

Six French players, including Nasri, started for Arsenal and that contingent have helped the man labelled 'the new Zidane' settle in England following his £15.8million summer move from Marseille.

He said: "It feels like a French team, the manager is French. We have got African players who speak French. There is a lot of French talking everywhere. In France we consider Arsenal to be the 21st team of Ligue 1.

"I think Wenger is one of the best in the world and it is a great honour for me to play for him."

Alongside Nasri in midfield, Cesc Fabregas enjoyed a quietly efficient afternoon and the Spaniard dismissed the recent criticism of the Gunners following defeat at Stoke and draws against Fenerbahce and Tottenham.

"In football there is always going to be talking about your performances," said the 21-year-old.

"We didn't win the last few games so we knew there was going to be some talk about Arsenal not being capable of winning anything.

"But we are professionals and we don't have to be affected by that sort of thing. We showed on Saturday we are a good team. We are not worse or better than last week, we just have to keep going."