ARSENE Wenger has told his Arsenal stars to show more consistency as the FA Cup holders try to get their spluttering season back on track in today s quarter-final against Watford.

Wenger s side host the Hornets at a time when they are languishing eight points behind leaders Leicester in the Premier League and teetering on the brink of another tame Champions League exit. On Wednesday, Arsenal must overturn a two-goal first-leg deficit in the Champions League against holders Barcelona in the Camp Nou to avoid crashing out of Europe s elite club competition.

Most Gunners supporters would admit the FA Cup represents by far the most realistic chance of silverware after winning it for the last two seasons, but Wenger refuses to rule out a dramatic turn of fortunes both at home and abroad.

I haven t given up on the Premier League at all and I ve said that many times, nor the Champions League.

We have to take care of the next minute and the next minute is an FA Cup game. Is it the best chance to win a trophy? It s still far away. We must win the next game and prove that we can show consistency again.”

Losing Aaron Ramsey to injury for the rest of the campaign would be a major blow, but Wenger remains adamant that his season is not at an end. The Wales midfielder suffered a thigh injury in Tuesday s 4-0 FA Cup fifth round replay win at Hull.

Asked whether Ramsey s season was over Wenger insisted: I don t believe that. I would say four weeks.”

Arsenal beat Watford 3-0 in October but the Hornets utility man Ikechi Anya believed his side were hard done by on that occasion.

When we played them at home it was a false result, we were very much in the game. I think they had a 12-minute spell when they scored three times, and it makes you think it was a beating, but we had our chances before that.

I m sure with the strikers we ve got, at the Emirates, hopefully they take their chances and we can attack them from the get go. We re only one win away from Wembley, that s a great incentive for us 9 000 fans are coming and we can try and make them

proud.”

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