ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger has challenged his side to build on their FA Cup semi-final penalty shoot-out triumph by winning all of their remaining five Barclays Premier League matches to secure a top-four finish.

The Gunners will host West Ham tonight looking to move themselves back above Everton following a nerve-shredding encounter with Wigan at Wembley, where they were just seven minutes from what would have been a catastrophic defeat.

Wenger, though, insists all thoughts of the return trip to the stadium on May 17 must now be put aside to secure another shot at the Champions League next season.

"When you are in a semi-final and you win, it releases a little bit of pressure, but we want to bounce back in the Premier League," said Wenger, who has several players carrying minor fitness problems ahead of tonight's encounter.

"Therefore we want to finish strong, we have a battle with Everton and it's down to consistency in our final games."

Arsenal have several players in the treatment room, while England international Jack Wilshere is set to step-up his rehabilitation from a hairline foot fracture.

Wenger said: "Jack should start to jog this week. It is all going well, but we have to monitor him now day by day.

"I think the next three weeks will be very important for him."

Striker Olivier Giroud injected some fresh life into Arsenal's when he was introdced in the second half at Wembley and Wenger insists the France international, who saw his personal life come under scrutiny earlier this year, remains central to the side.

"Giroud is a fantastic team player. He has gone through a difficult period, but that can happen to any striker," said Wenger.

And he accepts Arsenal will have to stop the supply line to England World Cup hopeful Andy Carroll at the Emirates.

"Once the ball is up there, you do not find many people who can compete with him and win the challenge, so what is important is that we stop the balls going to him," said Wenger.