Lichtsteiner chasing Europa League with Arsenal

The Champions League exploded into action last night, with 21 goals in the first eight matches, and this has whetted Lichtsteiner's appetite to bring home a European trophy this season. 

Arsenal play Ukrainian side Vorskla Poltava on Thursday night in their opening game, and the Swiss international has spoken of his side's attitude to return to dominance in Europe. 

He insisted: "I am hungry to get back to the Champions League.

"But it is a long way and we have two chances - the Europa League and the Premier League. We want to try as I am sure we want to play Champions League next year.

"To come back to the glamour games you need to win first the other games. Now we are in the situation that we are playing Europa League and we will try to win that so hopefully next year we can speak about the Champions League.

"One thing I learned with Juventus is to have respect for each competition. In the last four or five years with Juventus, we tried to play for all the titles, for all the trophies.

"While the Italian Cup wasn't that important beforehand, we started to play for it with the best team possible. I think in football you have to respect all the trophies.

"Of course the Champions League is a more glamorous title, but the Europa League is a really good chance for the team, for the club and all the players to win this nice trophy.

"I think for that we have to respect all teams in all competitions to give all games 100 per cent.