Arsenal showed what they are made of at Tottenham

Mikel Arteta stated Arsenal “confirmed what we’re fabricated from” as they responded to midweek frustration with a 4-1 win away to Tottenham within the North London derby.

Two targets apiece from Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyokeres secured an emphatic win that moved the Gunners 5 factors clear on the high of the Premier League.

The efficiency got here simply days after Arsenal surrendered a late lead in a 2-2 draw at Wolves.

Arteta admitted the style of that dropped end result had left the squad hurting.

“It appears like we confirmed what we’re fabricated from,” he stated. “However then you must present it time and again and once more as a result of if you must simply analyse how you’re feeling after each sport, it’s a large rollercoaster and it’s not sustainable.

“I can’t be prouder and happier for what I’ve seen on the market, however particularly the way in which we lived the final 72 hours as a result of I feel this sport specifically wanted some context.”

Arsenal had been criticised for permitting Wolves to equalise with nearly the final kick of the sport, and Arteta didn’t disguise how troublesome it had been to course of.

“After what occurred towards Wolves and the style that we misplaced two factors within the final kick of the sport, it was robust,” he stated. “However that’s the great thing about this sport.

“There is no such thing as a rationalization watching the sport again how the hell we draw that sport. From any angle, you watch it again and say ‘it’s unimaginable.’ and you must watch it once more and say it’s not going to occur.

“However it occurred, after which you must elevate your self up since you’re feeling offended, upset, ashamed in some unspecified time in the future. And we’re all completely different nationalities, all of us have completely different emotions, after which you must deliver all people collectively. And it’s been a pleasure to spend that point along with them, to align all people and to say, ‘OK, what’s going to be occurring within the subsequent chapter?’”

Sunday’s derby offered a convincing reply. After Randal Kolo Muani briefly levelled for Spurs within the first half, Arsenal asserted management after the interval, scoring 3 times to safe a fifth straight league win over their rivals, their greatest run within the fixture since 1989.

Each Arsenal and Manchester Metropolis now have every week with out fixtures, with Metropolis holding a sport in hand within the title race.

When it was recommended that Pep Guardiola would possibly permit his gamers a short celebration break, Arteta smiled off the thought.

“I don’t drink cocktails,” he stated. “So, no, we are going to do our personal factor.

“The quantity of video games that we’re enjoying in each competitors is simply unimaginable and it provides you an opportunity to really take slightly breath, analyse what we’re doing and go once more till the worldwide break. We’re going to have quite a lot of video games once more.”