Alex Song believes West Ham can follow Monaco 's example and keep his former club Arsenal subdued at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday . The Hammers head across London looking to kickstart their Premier League campaign , having plummeted down to 10th place after no wins in the last six and back-to-back defeats . Arsenal , meanwhile , have surged back into the top four and are into the FA Cup semi-finals after beating Manchester United at Old Trafford on Monday night . Alex Song believes West Ham can kickstart their Premier League campaign against Arsenal on Sunday . Despite Arsenal 's formidable run of seven consecutive home victories in the Premier League , Song - who played for the Gunners between 2005 and 2012 , before joining Barcelona - believes the Irons can repeat Monaco 's performance after the unfancied French side stunned the Emirates Stadium with a 3-1 Champions League victory last month . ' I know this stadium very well and I know when you play with Arsenal it 's very hard , but I think Monaco is how you want to play when you play in the Emirates , ' Song told the West Ham website , www.whufc.com . 'The best thing to do is to try to be together , defend together very well and when you have the opportunity to go on the counter attack , you have to do it very well like Monaco did it . Song played for the Gunners between 2005 and 2012 before joining Barcelona . 'If you want to go to Emirates and try to play you will not have any chance to win the game there because this stadium is very hard to play in . 'You have to stay together very compact and not give them any room , then take the opportunity on the counter attack . 'If we do this very well like Monaco did , then we can get a good result there . ' Song , the 27-year-old on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season , feels the Irons can raise their game against Arsenal . 'We have shown a lot of things this season as a team , especially when we play against teams at the highest level like Manchester City and Liverpool or Tottenham . We 've done very well and we need to continue to improve in this way , ' said Song , who stayed in London to work on his fitness while the rest of the squad were away at a warm-weather camp in Dubai . The 27-year-old feels West Ham can raise their game against Arsenal in the same way Monaco did . 'We can play better and hopefully this game on Saturday will be a very good test for us . 'It has been a long time since we won a game in the league , so we must try to come back and try to win or get one point there . 'Everything is possible in football and we just need to keep believing and trying hard on the pitch . ' Song maintains there can be no room for sentiment against his former club . 'They are one part of my life and , because I went there when I was 17 , I always say it is my family , ' the former Cameroon international said . ' I know this is a special game for me , but that is football and I have to take all the emotion out and just try to play my game , to play the best football I can to help the team to win . '
West Ham have plummeted down to 10th place in the Premier League table . Arsenal are back into the top four and have reached the FA Cup semi-finals . Alex Song played for Arsenal between 2005 and 2012 . READ : West Ham will have to cough up £10m to land Carl Jenkinson . CLICK HERE for all the latest West Ham United news .