Laurent Koscielny has urged Arsenal to make the most of their vital win at Bournemouth and put themselves firmly back into the Barclays Premier League title picture.

The victory takes Arsenal five points behind leaders Leicester, who visit the Emirates Stadium on Sunday.

"It was important to win because we needed to stay high up the table with Leicester, Tottenham and Manchester City," he said.

"We didn't play well during January and we didn't win a lot of points.

"We needed to start a good run with this game and we stayed strong at the back, and scored two goals with our first two opportunities.

"We had three games without scoring so it was important for our players."