Ronaldo Ready for Arsenal

Cristiano Ronaldo is gearing up for another big match agaisnt Arsenal, and is backing his team-mates to come away with all three points.

In the past matches against Arsenal have been soured - Ronaldo even received a ban for helping out Ruud van Nistelrooy when he was attacked after the match had finished! The game has softened since then, with Wenger and Ferguson learning to get along and Chelsea / Liverpool taking Arsenals place at the topof the loathing list.

"We want to win the title so we have to get three points there," said Ronaldo. "We have a great spirit and we are a great team, so our aim is to pick up three points."

Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is definitely without top-scorer Emmanuel Adebayor, while Mikael Silvestre has a suspected broken nose, Theo Walcott and William Gallas are doubts and Robin van Persie begins a three-match domestic suspension.

"I don't know if it is tough for them at the moment but they will still have 11 players, the same as us, and I know it will be difficult because it always is," said Ronaldo. "But do not forget also Arsenal have great talent. We respect them and it is going to be difficult to win there."

"Last season Arsenal started very well and dropped points at the end of the season," Ronaldo added. "Maybe this season is going to be different. Maybe they will lose points at the start and then win them in the last bit of the season. But we can't worry about that. We have to think about ourselves."