Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany insists they can shake off their defeat to Arsenal.

City will fall eight points behind Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea next week if they follow up their loss to Arsenal with another reverse at Stamford Bridge.

Indeed, the skipper thinks the result could actually help City's chances of winning the league as he thinks the players will be even more determined to beat Chelsea in what is already being billed as a "title decider".

"In theory it should be better for us now because we will definitely be more fired up for that (match)," the City captain said.

"We have always been great in games like this so I'm actually looking forward to it."