LONDON: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger demanded that his youthful players learn how to beat the lesser sides if they are to keep their newly-revived English Premier League title hopes alive.

The Gunners would have been 13 points off the pace had they lost at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, but their shock 2-1 win away to Chelsea gave their trophy ambitions a massive boost, cutting the gap with the Blues to seven points.

But Arsenal's youthful squad now need to back up their impressive victory by learning how to motivate themselves to beat the Premier League's also-rans as well as the title contenders, Wenger said.

"I have an intelligent group and a very young one and what you have to learn when you are very young is that in every type of game you need to find the resources to win it. To just turn up is not good enough," said the Frenchman.

"I have a talented team but we want to come back with humility and work hard, and we have learnt now that you need that kind of focus in every game, no matter who you play."
Arsenal have beaten Manchester United this season and reached the last 16 of the Champions League but have slumped to dismal defeats at the hands of Fulham, Hull and Stoke.

"It is true that we have regrets but it also shows that we have the level you need to be up there -- and that's down to our desire to win now in the coming months," said Wenger.

"It's part of the learning process: to learn to win when you're not completely on the edge. You know that you will not every week be exactly in the same kind of mind and Manchester United will not be and Chelsea will not be. But when they they play against Arsenal, they are."