Jack Colback has warned Arsenal that he and his Newcastle United teammates have developed a taste for beating the big boys ahead of Saturday's clash at the Emirates.

The Magpies stunned Premier League leaders Chelsea on Saturday to end the Blues' prospects of staying unbeaten for the whole season, having gone 14 games without defeat.

"We go to Arsenal with confidence," Colback told the Daily Mail.

"They are a similar team to Chelsea in the way they play and we have just got to settle it down like we did on Saturday and we can be dangerous against any team.

"I enjoyed it against Chelsea. It is good to test yourself against the best team in the league and come out on top."

Alan Pardew's side sit seventh in the table on goal difference behind the Gunners in sixth, with both teams four points adrift of the Champions League qualification places.