Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta Celebrates โขDominant 4-1 North London Derby win: “We Dominated Every Partโ of the Game”
LONDON, October 1, 2023 – Mikel Arteta expressed immense satisfaction following Arsenal’s commanding 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in Sunday’s first North London derby of the Premier League season, held at the Emirates โStadium. The Gunners delivered a decisiveโข performance despite a number ofโค players being either missing or not fully fit, extending their strong start to the campaign.
Arsenal capitalized on dropped points by Manchester City and Liverpool to not only gain ground in the title race, but also โassert their dominance overโข their biggest rivals. Leandro Trossard opened the scoring for Arsenal, followed byโ a hat trick from Eberechi Eze – the first North London derby hat trick in 47 years – before a โlong-distance effort from Richarlison briefly โthreatened to shift theโ momentum. Arsenal ultimately secured a six-point lead at the โคtop โof the table andโฃ bragging rights in North London.
“It’s a very special dayโ for us,” Arteta โsaid after the match. “We knew the importance of the match and what it means to our people. To give them that joy with our performance, the hunger, and the atmosphere created at โthe โstadium. It’s a gorgeous day.”
Arteta emphasizedโ theโค importance of intensity and precision in securing the win. “We said we โwanted to impose ourselves โคbut it hasโ to start with intensity in the duels and being very precise. They have a very good team and we had to earn it. we look โvery dominant. โคWe scored two majestic goals to start with and inโค the second half we maintained the consistency.Weโข have things to improve, too.”
The โmanager lauded Eze’s performance, noting he “could’ve scored four or five,”โ and highlighted the importance of players stepping up โขin big games to “create those magic moments that unbalance a team.”
Arteta also pointed to the growing โคdepth of his squad, praising the versatility of players like Mikel, who he said “does the job for us” when deployed as aโข nine.
While acknowledging the positive momentum,Arteta cautioned against premature title talk. “We have reallyโข good momentum but you can see how difficult every game is in the Premier League. It’s a long run,” he stated. He also previewed a challenging week ahead, with upcomingโ matches against Bayern Munich and a trip toโ Chelsea.
