Cesc still believes in Gunners

Arsenal captain Cesc Febregas has refused to write off Arsenal bid for the Barclays Premier League title this season.

Many have counted the Gunners out in the current campaign, dismissing Arsenal's chances of ending a five-year title drought as Arsene Wenger's men are ten points adrift of league leaders Manchester United.

However, Fabregas has not thrown in the towel and has set overtaking Chelsea at third place as the first barrier to be crossed.

The Spaniard realises that a title coup would be an upset, but he strongly believes that a hundered percent effort to the Gunners' cause would make anything possible.

"I believe in miracles. It has happened before in football so why not this year?" asked Fabregas rhetorically. "But it is going to be difficult. Right now we have to think about catching Chelsea and then we will think about the others."

"But what we have to think about is winning the eight games we have remaining."

The Arsenal skipper is also looking forward to linking up with Andrey Arshavin upon his return from injury.

"You can see he (Arshavin) is a special player and when he plays everyone expects him to do something," added the 21-year-old. "We are very happy to have him.

"It is a shame he cannot play in the Champions League, but I am sure he can have a very big impact until the end of the season."