West Ham United boss David Moyes wants his side to "stick out their chest" and put in a great performance against Arsenal.

The two London clubs go head-to-head on Wednesday in a key game in the race to finish fourth and claim a Champions League spot in the Premier League.

The Hammers have been dropping points in recent weeks, and Moyes wants them to put in a top performance and find their mojo again.

Moyes told the club's website: "It's huge, like all the games are, but we're positive and we're in a strong position. We're trying to stay there as long as we can and we're trying to get to third if we can – we're not looking behind, we're trying to catch the teams above us.

"Obviously we're aware of the strength of the teams below us and there's a good chance that you could drop out. You might get back in and there'll be different times of the season when your form's better than at other times, but I think it's a strong position for us to go into the Christmas period in. Hopefully we can come out of it in good shape."

He continued: "We're in a great position going into this game ahead of Arsenal. We finished last season above Arsenal too, which for us was a big achievement, and we want to try and do that again. I think it's much more difficult, we've been a little bit the Club that teams are trying to catch and challenge at the minute and it's been the other three above that that people are probably thinking it's very difficult to get to.

"I'm saying well, bring it on, we'll stand there, stick our chest out, take it on and see how we do. We've got no reason to shy away from any of the teams, we feel as if we can play against them and we'll try to do that the other night."