Mikel Arteta picked out the Arsenal defence for reward after their win over Wolves despatched them to the highest of the Premier League.
Leandro Trossard scored on the stroke of halftime earlier than captain Martin Odegaard sealed all three factors deep into stoppage time within the second half of Saturday’s encounter.
The two-1 victory at Molineux got here off the again of final week’s defeat to Aston Villa and their midweek elimination from the Champions League by the hands of Bayern Munich.
“It was an excellent response, so pleased with them,” Arteta informed BBC Match of the Day. “We reacted in the correct method.
“We deserved to win the sport and received one other clear sheet once more. Clearly dissatisfied to lose in opposition to Bayern, small margins however we have now 5 video games to go and we’re prime once more.
“Even at 2-0 you might be by no means certain they usually [Wolves] are a great facet, they made some adjustments and precipitated us some issues.”
Wolves annoyed Arsenal for a lot of the sport, however the Gunners managed to interrupt the impasse when Trossard’s sliced shot from the sting of the field went in off the far put up.
“All of them depend and he made an affect once more for the group and that’s what we want.”
Arsenal’ defence as soon as once more proved its chops, maintaining their ninth clear sheets within the Premier League for the reason that flip of the yr.
“We’ve been actually constant defensively and that’s the platform wanted to win video games on this league,” Arteta remarked.
“All we will do is win our video games and if you see the shape that we’re in, within the calendar yr, it’s unbelievable and you might be nonetheless not prime but it surely’s the standard of this league.”
Arsenal leapfrogged Manchester Metropolis to go first within the Premier League desk because of Saturday’s win, though the holders can retake prime spot by beating Brighton on Thursday. Liverpool can go stage with the north London outfit with a win over Fulham on Sunday.
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