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Arsenal boss Arteta: We play to win against Lens

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says they'll play to win against Lens in Wednesday night's Champions League clash.

A win would strengthen Arsenal's chances of finishing group leaders.

Arteta said, "Yeah, we want to win the game for sure. The opportunity is there to be top of the group and we want to do that tomorrow against a team that we know will cause us problems. We have already experienced a defeat against them so we have the right motivation to put that right tomorrow.

"We have to win at home and win the group if we can tomorrow. That's the mentality of the team that's for sure.

"You have to sweat, dig in a lot and play well in games to deserve to win them. We are playing against really tough opponents. PSV have won all of their games in their league, they have only lost against us. Sevilla is a very tough place to go and tomorrow is going to be a really difficult game but hopefully, we can be better than them.

"I am enjoying it, is a great feeling. It makes you proud, it makes you feel that it is the level the club should be at and we are competing really well so let's continue to do so."

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