Sagna turns focus to Blues

Bacary Sagna is looking towards Sunday's clash at Chelsea after helping Arsenal defeat Partizan Belgrade 3-1 in Serbia.

After an unbeaten start to the Premier League season, the Gunners suffered a shock 3-2 home defeat to West Brom last weekend.

But Arsene Wenger's men bounced back against Partizan as goals from Andrey Arshavin, Marouane Chamakh and Sebastien Squillaci allowed them to record their first UEFA Champions League away win in over a year.

France full-back Sagna feels Tuesday night's European triumph was crucial in restoring Arsenal's confidence ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Confidence

"We had to win against Partizan because we did not play well at the weekend, conceding three goals,"said Sagna.

"Every game is a test because the season is long, where you have to play match after match.

"Now we need to stay focused and look forward to the next game, and we have to make something at Chelsea.

"We have to play our football. We know we have the quality to beat them.

"It will be an open game, but it will be about us, not them."

Doubt

There was doubt over whether Tuesday evening's match would actually go ahead following a series of power failures in the main stand, with the players having to change in the dark before the game.

Sagna says he and his Gunners team-mates saw the funny side of things, but remained fully focused on the match.

"The lights went off, so we had to use the lights from the phones to get ready,"he said.

"It was quite funny, but we stayed focused and came on the pitch to get the win."

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