"Even if we had qualified today we would have wanted to win and have gone for the six points. That is our mentality."

The Spain midfielder was also keen to stress that Arsenal's fine early-season form will count for nothing if come the end of the campaign they have failed to break a trophy drought which dates back to 2005.

"It's just the beginning of the season, nothing is done, we want to keep going until the end," Fabregas sated.

"I'll feel it is something special when we win something.

"We want to win and if we win something at the end we will say we had a good year.

"We can still do better so we'll try to improve in the next few games."