Mikel Arteta has praised the function that Arsenal’s followers performed of their comeback win over Fulham on the Emirates on Saturday, with objectives from Martin Odegaard and Gabriel pulling them previous the opening dug for them by Alexandar Mitrovic’s second half opener.
The Gunners struggled final season with coming from behind to win, particularly in video games they’d the run of, however Arteta’s males got here again strongly after Gabriel’s error handed them their first deficit of the season.
The Brazilian was caught in possession on the sting of his personal field by Mitrovic, who robbed him earlier than slotting home – a state of affairs Arteta advised in his post-match feedback the defender should not have been positioned in.
Speaking in his post-match press convention, he mentioned: “I’m really happy with the performance, the attitude, and the mentality that the team showed. We were on top of the game, it was about being patient and the goal would come because we were deserving, but we had trouble with mistakes.
“We made an error, it value us once more, however the group confirmed that in opposition to adversity – Gabby individually, how he continued to play – and the unbelievable help we’ve within the stadium makes issues a lot simpler, and the group simply has to win.”
He continued to reward the home crowd, persevering with: “The response of everybody after the objective right away, the response of the stadium, provides help to the participant, perception, and then the participant has to indicate braveness to proceed taking part in. It’s about the way you reply, and I’m actually happy. The manner he is [Gabriel] modified mentally, the best way he approaches each single day, it is totally different to a 12 months or two in the past.
“He looks after himself every day. Football is the most important thing in his life apart from his daughter and his family. How consistent he is every day in his habits and how much he really wants to be one of the best.”
The outcome places Arsenal again on high of the Premier League desk after the afternoon’s earlier video games, sustaining the league’s solely 100% report after a lightning-fast begin to the season.
“Playing in front of these supporters helps,” Arteta mentioned, “because they’re driving you as well, and then it’s about belief. A lot of it is about belief and confidence that you can do it, and now we have that belief.
“I do not know a high group, successful group, that does not have that reference to the membership and their supporters. I had an individual right here at the moment I actually like, love I might say, who I have never seen for some time. It’s the primary time he is been on the stadium in two years, he says it [the atmosphere] was the very best he is seen it in years, since Highbury.”