Laurent Koscielny insists Arsenal will challenge for Premier League title despite being outspent by rivals

Arsenal drew 0-0 at Leicester on Saturday following opening defeat

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Laurent Koscielny says Arsenal's 'collective' will see them fight for title

Laurent Koscielny has vowed Arsenal will challenge for the title despite their stuttering start to the season.

The Gunners drew 0-0 at champions Leicester on Saturday and remain winless after the opening two Premier League games.

Travelling fans again turned on Arsene Wenger and urged him to spend as the toothless visitors struggled to create clear chances.

Laurent Koscielny and Petr Cech cut a pretty forlorn pair after Arsenal's draw at Leicester

Defender Koscielny duels with Jamie Vardy, who Arsenal unsuccessfully bid for this summer

The Frenchman is confident Arsenal's collective can drive them on to a title challenge

But defender Koscielny insisted the Gunners, runners-up to Leicester last season, will battle for the Premier League crown as they hunt their first title since 2004.

'We are Arsenal - we fight for the title,' he said. 'Every game we play we want to win the game.

'This season will be very difficult because of the top clubs spending a lot of money on transfers, it's unbelievable. But sometimes the collective can be better than individual players. So we want to keep our philosophy and play football.'

The 30-year-old made his first appearance of the season at the King Power Stadium after returning to the Gunners late following France's run to the final of Euro 2016.

Koscielny was part of the national side which lost 1-0 to Portugal and was not fit to play in last week's 4-3 defeat to Liverpool. But the centre back said it is natural for players to need more time to recover.

Arsene Wenger looks frustrated at Leicester while some of the team's fans vent their fury

'You could see last week we lost Aaron Ramsey with an injury and now he's out for one month,' Koscielny told arsenal.com. 'When we have a summer tournament it's the same for every other team, not just for Arsenal. I'm sure every other team is the same.

'The players come back later and need more time to be fit, to be ready for the game. Last week (we didn't play) because we weren't fit and it was important to have one more week for training to be fit for this week, and you can see, no one got injured.'

Leicester are also winless but could have had two penalties after Danny Drinkwater and Ahmed Musa went down in the box at the end of each half.

Aaron Ramsey sustained a hamstring injury during Arsenal's first day defeat by Liverpool

Leicester skipper Wes Morgan made this point-saving block to preserve his team's point