Sebastien Squillaci admits he has struggled at times for Arsenal this season after joining the club from Sevilla in the summer.
The 30-year-old centre-back was brought in as backup by Arsene Wenger, but has played an unexpected number of games due to a season-long injury to Thomas Vermaelen.
The Frenchman appears to have a few errors in him, but hopes he can improve after a difficult start to his time in English football.
He explained: “I played a lot at the start of the season. Coming from Spain, I needed a bit of time to adapt myself as it’s a completely different world than La Liga in terms of physicality or rhythm. It was all new for me.
“However, I feel I had some good games, some not so good but I am working hard in training and I am always ready to help the team whenever the boss needs me.
“I really hope I can help this club to win a trophy this season.”
Arsenal missed out on their first chance of a trophy by losing the Carling Cup final last week, but Squillaci feels the team are ready to challenge Manchester United for the Premier League title.
“We are only a few points behind them so we can’t afford to make any mistakes,” he said. “Especially at home against teams that are potentially inferior football teams to us.
“All the games are difficult and it will be a big battle until the end, but we can do it. We need to keep getting wins to put them under pressure. The team that will make the fewer mistakes will win the league this season.
“At the moment, we are behind but we will try everything to overtake them.”
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