"Personally the record means a lot because it's important for the club and for the players. I want to win and I want to qualify. For me our job is to win the next game, and do what is requested," Wenger told the club's website.
"There is one positive thing for us -- we know exactly what we have to do. We know that we have to go for it from the start. So let's do that and hopefully we can get through."
Midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who excelled playing in midfield and scored in Saturday's Premier League 3-1 win over Sunderland, said Arsenal must not get ahead of themselves and get exposed at the back.
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"It is in our hands -- we know what we have to do. We have to choose the right times to do that but we will always create opportunities -- just hopefully we can stop them, keep a clean sheet and grab a couple of goals ourselves," Ramsey said.
"I have made no secret that I prefer to play in the middle and hopefully now I can stay there. Hopefully I can keep building on that now to play where I prefer to play."
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
