Arsenal fullback Gael Clichy admits he and his teammates are tired.

"We should have won on Wednesday," said Clichy. "But we didn't play in the right spirit. We missed two good opportunities early on and that showed we weren't focused enough at the start.

"This a tough period and people get tired, but we know what we have to do and if we pass the ball quickly we win. If we don't we're not the same, and we're a bit disappointed with the way we played at Portsmouth. If you don't start as you have to then the game becomes difficult.

"But we've got a lot of players back from injury and the boss has the possibility to rest and rotate players who need it. Personally, I don't want a rest. I'm fine. It's a pleasure to play. Even if we are a bit tired, Everton are tired as well."