Kolo Toure Urges Arsenal To Use Chelsea Defeat As Motivation

Arsenal defender Kolo Toure has reacted with commendable professional spirit to the Gunners' FA Cup exit at the hands of Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday, and asserted that the team must use the sharp memory of that disappointment as an additional spur for success in Europe this campaign.

"We just have to put all this to the back now and focus on the next game,” the centre-back told Arsenal's official website.

"Our target is now the League and Europe. The good thing is that we only have a couple of days to get this loss off our back. We will head to Liverpool on Tuesday and look to get the three points.

"This can be just the start for this team, because there are some really good players coming through. The season started really badly, but we have come back very well. We hope to keep going now and improve the way we are playing."

The defeat would also teach the youthful Gunners line-up a few important lessons, he felt, which could only be of value for the future devlopment of the team.

He concluded, "You can only learn from these types of games, because they are so intense. When you make some mistakes, they can cost you, which is what happened against Chelsea. We will just have to try not to do that again."

Zack Wilson, Goal.com