Arsenal have enjoyed a brilliant season so far, and are still in the hunt for a historic quadruple. The Gunners suffered a huge setback in their previous Premier League game, blowing a 2-0 lead against bottom-of-the-table Wolverhampton Wanderers. A Manchester City 2-1 win against Newcastle left them only two points behind the Gunners, before Mikel Arteta’s team travelled to their bitter North London rivals, Tottenham Hotspur.Arsenal bounced back in style against Spurs, winning 4-1 and stretching their lead to five points at the top of the table. After Arsenal’s dominating win against Spurs, Mikel Arteta praised his players’ for their recovery after Wolves and their domination of Tottenham.
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Arsenal travelled to their near neighbours under pressure after their disappointing 2-2 draw. The Gunners started brightly, and a smart finish from Eberechi Eze gave them a deserved lead before a defensive lapse presented Randal Kolo Muani the opportunity to level the game, which he did, firing past David Raya.
The Gunners came out fast in the second half, with Gyokeres and Eze both scoring to make it 3-1 to Mikel Arteta’s team. Gyokeres then capped off arguably his best performance in an Arsenal shirt, scoring an injury-time goal to seal a dominant 4-1 win.
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Arteta spoke after the game and discussed his players’ reaction after the 2-2 draw with Wolves:
“That’s football – when you look at the game against Wolves, nobody can explain it, but it’s the beauty of it,” said Arteta.
“It’s like the end of the world, and you look at your players and the way they react and how much they want it.
“I said it: I feel very privileged to work with them every single day and knew they were going to react. In football, you can win, draw or lose, but the attitude and the dominance was really impressive.
“Immediately after [Wolves] I saw the reaction of what it means. When it’s a job, you don’t react like this. When it’s your passion, it’s something else. You react in a different way.”
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Discussing Declan Rice’s mistake for the Muani equaliser, and praising his response, Arteta said:
“I don’t understand it.”
“I don’t know how many touches we had in the opposition box and how many chances. But I said at half-time: we carry on playing, with the attitude like Declan has done today.
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“When he made an error, the way he played after. That attitude, personality and courage to stand up in a difficult moment.
“Attitude, how you approach things. You can feel sorry for yourself. You can look at: ‘Oh look at this stage’. But when you’re kids, you dream to play these kind of games. You recognise the opportunity that we are lucky to be where they are.”