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Koscielny - We have a taste for trophies

Laurent Koscielny says that winning the FA Cup has made the Arsenal squad hungry for more trophies.

Arsene Wenger's side have taken their strong form from the end of last season into the 2014/15 campaign and are so far unbeaten in all competitions.

Koscielny is pleased with the team's start and is hoping they can continue to improve in Sunday's game at Leicester City.

"Now we just want to win more because now we’ve started to taste [what winning a trophy is like], and we want to have more."

Laurent Koscielny

"We won the FA Cup last season and I think that was very important for the players, the club and the fans," the defender told Arsenal Player. "We are under no pressure this season about winning a trophy. Now we just want to win more because now we’ve started to taste [what winning a trophy is like], and we want to have more.

"During August, the most important thing was to qualify for the Champions League. We did well [to achieve] this. The start of the season has been good, because we won the first game and got a good draw at Everton.

"You have a lot of games every three days with the Champions League and Premier League, and you have the Capital One Cup too. September to February is a marathon and we need to be fit and ready mentally. It’s very important to be ready for the fight and we just want to be happy, to give ourselves for the team and to win the game."

Koscielny is preparing for a strenuous workout at the King Power Stadium, and says Arsenal will be ready for another big battle.

"No game is easy in the Premier League," he said. "We need to be fit, to prepare well mentally and physically. It’s a fight every weekend and against Leicester it will be hard.

"We need to prepare well for the fight but we need to play our game with our qualities too. Leicester are newly-promoted but they want to show all the people that they can stay in this league. It won’t be an easy game but we need the three points."

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