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Team has to pull together - Clichy

Defender Gael Clichy believes teamwork is key if Arsenal are to return to winning ways after their shock defeat to Stoke.

The Gunners suffered their third loss of the season when they went down 2-1 to the Potters at the Britannia Stadium and, following defeats by Fulham and Hull, question marks have been placed against their credentials both at home and in Europe.

But Clichy told Arsenal TV Online: "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."

He added: "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."

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