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The gunner's boss has challenged his players as they seek their best form.
Arsenal boss Unai Emery has urged his players to be more consistent in putting their first four challenges back on track.
The Gunners have gone on a 22-game unbeaten run earlier in the season, but their form has stammered since a 3-2 defeat at Southampton on Dec. 16.
Emery players have lost seven out of 15 games in all competitions since then, a race that led them to abandon both national cups.
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The form on the outside has been a source of concern, with the Gunners winning just nine wins on the road in their last nine games against the Huddersfield baseball club and Blackpool One League FA Cup.
The North London club beat BATE Borisov 3-0 at Emirates Stadium on Thursday to complete a 3-1 win and aggregate the final 16 of the Europa League.
Emery was impressed by the display of his team against the Belorussians and challenged them to maintain this level of performance in future games.
"I think we also want to create a good feeling with our supporters, a good atmosphere here, give them our energy, give them our quality and both is very important. Quality, energy and intensity, and I want to develop this capacity within our team, "said Emery.
"We do, I think here more than far from home, but consistency is my goal with this team in this condition.
"We really want to take this intensity. At home here, we've created this, we're asking all players to push, push for 90 minutes and give the opposition 90 difficult minutes, 90 difficult minutes here.
"We did it here [against BATE] and we have a lot of matches but every game is a new chapter, a new challenge and Sunday I prefer to change players if I know that they will give us that intensity on Sunday.
"Usually we have players who have not played in the previous game and can help us on Sunday."
Despite her progress in Europe, Emery insists that the Premier League remains her main goal.
The Gunners are currently ranked fifth before Sunday's game against Southampton, just one point behind Manchester United, fourth.
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"For us, the Premier League is the first competition and we are fighting with Manchester United, with Chelsea in the same position," added Emery.
"Sunday is still a big challenge against Southampton, here I want to fight here with our supporters consistently at every game and with great performance and development and that's why Sunday is so important.
"We will play after three days, after Wednesday. We will need all the players. We need every player to be our center of interest, that he helps us in all our matches. "
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