Thursday 12 March 2015 11:18, UK
Alex Song believes West Ham can follow Monaco's example and beat his former club Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday.
The Hammers head across London looking to kickstart their Barclays Premier League campaign, having slipped to 10th place after no wins in their last six games.
And despite Arsenal's run of seven straight home victories in the league, Song believes West Ham can repeat Monaco's performance after the French side stunned the Gunners with a 3-1 Champions League victory last month.
"I know this stadium very well and I know when you play with Arsenal it's very hard, but I think Monaco is how you want to play when you play in the Emirates," Song told West Ham’s website.
"The best thing to do is to try to be together, defend together very well and when you have the opportunity to go on the counter attack, you have to do it very well like Monaco did it.
"If you want to go to the Emirates and try to play you will not have any chance to win the game there because this stadium is very hard to play in.
"You have to stay together very compact and not give them any room, then take the opportunity on the counter attack.
"If we do this very well like Monaco did, then we can get a good result there."
Arsenal have climbed back into the top four and are into the FA Cup semi-finals after beating Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday night.
But the Cameroon midfielder, who is on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season, feels the Hammers can raise their game against Arsene Wenger’s side.
"We have shown a lot of things this season as a team, especially when we play against teams at the highest level like Manchester City and Liverpool or Tottenham," he said.
“We've done very well and we need to continue to improve in this way."
Song stayed in London this week to work on his fitness ahead of the game while the rest of the squad were at a warm-weather camp in Dubai.
