The Gunners kept their slim title hopes alive by thrashing Watford last weekend but face a tough task at Upton Park on Saturday
Team news
Arsene Wenger confirms there are no new injury concerns ahead of this weekend’s game
Aaron Ramsey could be back involved against West Ham while Mathieu Flamini is also set to feature.
Jack Wilshere will continue his recovery from injury for the Under-21s on Friday
Santi Cazorla and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are continuing their recoveries.
Is Wenger concerned Wilshere might not reach his potential?
He has a real football brain, he loves football.
I invite you to come in and watch him work and you would understand he is very dedicated.
The only thing that can stop him is injury but he had the history of injuries. It has been bad recently but hopefully he can come through and have the career he deserves.
Wenger on West Ham
They have had a very good campaign.
But if you look at their players they have a good midfield and strikers and are solid at the back.
The emergence of Payet has given them a lot.
They have 50 points and that is not a coincidence.
Wenger on Payet
I looked at him many times. I’ve know him for a long, long time.
He played a few years in St Etienne. He has all the attributes to be a top, top player. In fact he already is.
He is 29 and this year he has matured.
He has come back into national team when he looked to be out so that shows he has been more consistent.
Wenger on Iwobi's contract
As we revealed, Alex Iwobi is close to finalising a £30,000-a-week deal - tying him down until 2021.
Wenger has confirmed talks are ongoing with Arsenal delighted with his rise
We are discussing yes to extend him.
He is a real Arsenal person because he has been here since eight-years-old.
We want to keep him here for longer.
Overall that is the positive, in the last two months how well and how quickly he has emerged as a player who can have a good impact.
Wenger on THAT Wilshere incident
As expected, Wenger has addressed the Jack Wilshere incident.
The England midfielder was pictured being interviewed by police outside a London nightclub last weekend.
The boss wasn’t impressed.
I spoke to him.
It looks to be taken out of proportion a little bit and these are matters we like to keep internal.
There was no training session the next day, he had a day off and you can accept the players go out and when they are free over the weekend and what is positive is he works very hard
He will have a good test tomorrow night.
How many warnings for Wilshere?
Of course, this isn’t Wilshere’s first misdemeanour.
Has Wenger had to remind his midfielder about his responsibilities?
This is a private matter and it is difficult to speak about it because I don’t know exactly what happened.
When you are famous and go out, you can be provoked.
I am a bit cautious and if you are known you have the right to go out.
Will Arsenal learn from Leicester?
Of course but what we learn from Leicester is what I knew for a long time.
It is not only just down to the money you spend but also the quality of players you bring in and the opportunity is not only linked to money.
If you look they finished strongly last season and bought players in who have given them more like Kante.
You can say like Payet, he is one of the players who has had a big impact in this league.
Can Leicester be caught?
Of course. Why not?
As long as mathematically it is possible there is a strong possibility.
They have been remarkably consistent but every game has been tight so that can go the other way as well.
We know we need the perfect run and we don’t only look ahead but behind as we have a group of teams who can make it difficult for us.
So we just concentrate on us and hope we finish in a strong way.
