Gabriel Jesus calls for Arsenal to bounce back after dropping further points in title race

Arsenal striker Gabriel Jesus has called for his side to 'raise their level' again in their quest to win the title.

As was the case against Liverpool last weekend, Arsenal dropped two points against West Ham as they ended up drawing 2-2 despite having led 2-0.

Jesus put Arsenal ahead in the seventh minute, with Martin Odegaard adding a second just three minutes later.

However, Arsenal were unable to hold onto their lead and a penalty from Said Benrahma gave West Ham hope before Bukayo Saka missed a spot-kick of his own.

Jarrod Bowen proceeded to equalise for West Ham, with Arsenal now four points ahead of title rivals Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Jesus told the club's official website: 'Once again, the three points were in our hands.

'As a team, we have to raise the level and come back to our principles. We know our strength, we know what we can do. Where we want to attack the opponent, in the first 10 to 20 minutes we did so good, after that we dropped our level and that obviously cannot happen if you want to fight for the title.

'It started from like five or ten minutes before the penalty, because exactly after we scored the second goal we stopped. As a team, it's no time to blame, as a team we have to raise the level again and come back to our principles and like I said win the games, that's the only way we can arrive next month and then fight for the title again.'

Jesus has scored four goals in his last four games, with the striker rediscovering his goalscoring form following his spell out injured.

The 26-year-old possesses plenty of experience of title challenges from his time at City, with whom he won the league on four occasions.

Arsenal face City away on April 26 in what could be a key fixture and Jesus may have an important part to play against his former club.

Prior to that Arsenal have a home game against Southampton as they look to return to winning ways following two frustrating draws.

Jesus was substituted in the 67th minute against West Ham but Arsenal failed to find the net without him on the pitch.