LONDON, April 4 -- Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has been urging his players to use their League Cup final defeat as "fuel" for the remainder of the season as they chase down a domestic Premier League and FA Cup double as well as the Champions League.

Arsenal top the Premier League table with a nine-point advantage over Manchester City, the team who beat them 2-0 at Wembley.

They travel to Championship side Southampton in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup today and face a last-eight tie in the Champions League next week against Sporting Lisbon.

"When you didn't manage to win that final, what you have to take on board is: 'Okay, how is this going to make us stronger for the final push of the season?'," said Arteta yesterday.

"That has be...