Arbeloa felt that his Real Madrid side put in a complete performance in their 4-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday. Gonzalo Garcia opened the scoring in the fifth minute before Mikel Oyarzabal equalised from the spot midway through the first half. La Real were level for just four minutes before Vinicius Junior restored Los Blancos' advantage.
Valverde added Real Madrid's third on the half hour mark, and Vinicius Junior scored his second and his side's fourth shortly after the restart to confirm a victory that sent the Madrid giants top ahead of Barcelona's game against Girona on Monday.
"Today we did play a great game defensively, but in the first half we also saw a team in the opponent’s half that was looser, with greater mobility, capable of turning the ball faster," Arbeloa reflected.
"It should be noted that we have worked very well during the week. La Real have arrived in the situation that we have in other times, of coming from playing a game during the week and the opponent has not. We come from a clean week of work and I think it has been noticeable from the beginning."