Kolo Toure has warned Arsenal's critics that it is too early in the season to count them out of the title race. "Beating Manchester United would definitely turn things around for us," he said.

"A win would be really fantastic for us and would show that we'd be there for the title. But it's not a must-win, it's just another game.

"We know that the Premier League is really long, we are not in the second half yet.

"We just need to take it as a really important game and show United and those big clubs that we are there to fight for the title.

"It's going to be a good game and we will show them we are still in the race for the title.

"We are fourth at the moment. We are six points behind but the season is really long. We just need to play game by game and win matches."