Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin says they face a huge week ahead.
Coquelin says a victory at Sunderland would help add to the head of steam Arsenal are building ahead of Wednesday's clash against AC Milan.
"We have Sunderland at the weekend, so we need to go on a run and win that game so we take a lot of confidence for the trip to Milan.
"We have a great team, it is getting better and better and we can get some good results over the next few weeks.""We just need to win [these big games]. We showed great character against Blackburn and we should have won against Bolton as we had the chances," he told a Chinese fans' webchat on arsenal.com.