The Gunners ensured their place in Thursday afternoon's draw for the group stages of the Champions League - and an estimated windfall of some £25million - with a comprehensive rout of Steve McClaren's average FC Twente side at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had called for a response following the disappointment of a lacklustre display in the Premier League defeat at Fulham on Saturday - and he certainly got one.

Driven on by the return of key midfielder Cesc Fabregas, the Gunners, already two goals up from the first leg in Holland, romped to a 6-0 aggregate win as their trademark brand of quick, passing football was just too hot for McClaren's UEFA Cup-bound outfit to handle.

While sterner tests lie ahead as the Gunners look to mount a challenge on both the domestic and European front, full-back Clichy insists this side have got what it takes to end a four-year trophy drought.

"The Fulham game was not good enough. For a club like Arsenal, we have to be at the top and to be at the top you have to play with the right spirit," he said.

"That is what we tried to do against Twente and we showed with the players we have got, if everyone is playing the same way, we can have a great result."

Clichy added: "Of course we have to win things, and that is the main objective this year.

"But if we can do it the way we play, it is even better because football is to entertain people and to take pleasure and that is what we are doing at Arsenal.

"We have to win things, I hope this year will be a good one and I am sure we can do it."

However, Clichy, 23, knows full well Arsenal must be ready for another stern test of their Premier League title credentials when Newcastle come to Emirates Stadium on Saturday for the early evening kick-off.

"We have to be focused, have a good rest before the game and try to do our best," he said.

"When you play in English football, you know that any team you play is going to be a tough game.

"Last season was last season and this year Fulham showed us last weekend that you have to be up for every game, game after game because English football is so different than many other football in Europe.

"We know that, that was a big blow and we learn from this and hopefully it won't happen again."

Captain William Gallas went some way to atone for his costly defensive blunder against Fulham, when he netted a close-range effort at the start of the second half last night.

However, there was another mixed reception for the introduction of substitute Emmanuel Adebayor.

The Togo striker, dropped to the bench by Wenger, was jeered by some sections of the Emirates Stadium crowd, who are still clearly unhappy at the events of the summer when it seemed the 30-goal forward was set to leave for AC Milan.

Clichy, though, maintains, with the player having now signed a new deal to stay at Arsenal, it is time for unity.

"I think the big thing is to feel that you are wanted from your club, your manager, your team-mates and the fans," he said.

"It was a big disappointment for the fans to see what happened during the summer.

"Ade is a big, big player and last year he showed he has the quality to be one of the best in Europe, so we just have to be behind him.

"It is difficult, of course, for the fans, but I am sure if he starts scoring goals and in December is on 15/20 goals, everything will be fine."

Wenger, meanwhile, will be without new signing Mikael Silvestre, the former Manchester United defender, until after the next international break at the start of September because of a thigh strain.

However, while continuing his quest to bring in another midfielder - which could yet be Feyenoord's £12million-rated Jonathan De Guzman - ahead of the transfer deadline at midnight on Monday, the Arsenal manager admits he may well have to make do with what he has got.

"If we can do it by the end of the deadline we will, if not we will focus on the players we already have here," he said.

"But there is no certainty that we will get someone."