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West Ham's Song eyeing scalp of old colleagues Arsenal

West Ham United midfielder Alex Song is gunning for former employers Arsenal this weekend.

The Hammers make the short trip up to north London to take on the Gunners on Saturday and former Emirates Stadium favourite Song is looking to spring a surprise on the Premier League's third-placed side.

Song, who is on-loan at West Ham from Barcelona, kept a close eye on Arsenal's recent Champions League home defeat to Monaco and is of the belief that perhaps he and his teammates can produce a similar performance.

"I know this stadium very well and I know when you play with Arsenal it's very hard, but I think Monaco is how you want to play when you play in the Emirates," Song told West Ham's official website.

"The best thing to do is to try to be together, defend together very well and when you have the opportunity to go on the counter attack, you have to do it very well like Monaco did it.

"If you want to go to the Emirates and try to play you will not have any chance to win the game there because this stadium is very hard to play in.

"You have to stay together very compact and not give them any room, then take the opportunity on the counter attack.

"If we do this very well like Monaco did, then we can get a good result there."

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