Arsenal's Arteta on their last gasp 2-1 win over Newcastle

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta reacts to their last gasp 2-1 win over Newcastle United St James Park, Newcastle, UK

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00:00Hi, I feel like we've spoken to you after several games where you've dominated

00:17and not got the result that you wanted, how does it feel getting the result?

00:20Unbelievable feeling, that's what football is about and a team,

00:25but what you deserve right at the end is not a better feeling than that.

00:30Can I just ask as well, in the moments of the year where the VAR check is going on for Gabriel,

00:35how high was your heart rate at that moment?

00:39Well, I see the action very clear and fast, so I thought he wasn't going to intervene,

00:44but I don't know, because obviously we had an example of what happened in the first half.

00:48With a penalty, regardless of that, I'm so proud of the team,

00:52the way we played, the way we competed, the way we understood the game,

00:56how we reacted to very difficult situations and decisions,

01:00and still find a way to win the game with the players coming from the bench exception.

01:05Hi.

01:07Hi.

01:08How do you actually judge more often?

01:14Like I said, really good stuff at the game, but when they have those challenges like that,

01:19how do you see more?

01:21Well, understanding that that's the game that we have to play.

01:24There are a few things that might be unpredictable with the line-up or the formation or whatever.

01:29There are sets and things so predictable, what you have to do here to win a football match.

01:33I would say something from the start to the end, and on top of that we added today.

01:38So much quality from various ways to generate the amount of chances that we did,

01:43and at the end find a way to win it when I think we fully deserve to win the game.

01:48Mentally, what are the moments like that?

01:51Well, I think we discussed to go to the next level.

01:55First of all, you have to learn from the past,

01:57and certainly we take some lessons and very different and sore moments in this ground.

02:02Today was an opportunity that the game brings you again in a really important week in the Premier League,

02:07after all the tough places that we've already been very early in the season,

02:11to show who we are, who do we want to be, our ambition, and the way that we want to play.

02:18And I think the team has done that today in a remarkable way.

02:22Yeah, well, I watched it live, and then I watched it on the screen,

02:40and for me it was a penalty.

02:42We were instructed very clearly again this season that unless it's clear,

02:46the VIA is not going to intervene, he's not.

02:49So, that's my opinion.

02:51Thanks God, we find a way to win the game.

02:54The team is still emotionally very, very, very calm and very composed.

03:00And that's a lesson that we took as well probably from a few years ago.

03:12Yeah, I believe the conviction of the team that we are and that we can play various types of games,

03:18and the team still can deliver and win it in a convincing way.

03:22And for me today it's one of the most difficult grounds.

03:25Again, praise Newcastle, the way they play, compete, how difficult it is to play in this place.

03:31But the team really took the game to a different level, and I'm very proud to see that.

03:37Yes, and we certainly did that, and we have to make a few adjustments and substitutions as well for different reasons.

03:52And the ones that are coming in, they really come in fully focused.

03:56My duty is to win the game for the team.

03:58And all of them did it in an incredible manner.

04:01Martinelli comes in and it shows from the beginning his threat.

04:05Saliba comes in 45 minutes and I think it was outstanding again.

04:09Martin comes in after a long period and delivers two goals that are goals.

04:13Mikel Merino comes in with a massive threat in the box and delivers a winning moment.

04:19So, all of them.

04:20There was a coming together between Gabriel and Valdemar after the goal.

04:29Did you see that?

04:30No, I haven't seen it, sorry.

04:35Mikel, in the context of the dropping points yesterday,

04:38you must have felt there were depression today to get that result.

04:41How did all men win following that match yesterday?

04:44Well, yes, there are moments in the season,

04:46and obviously with the style that we had already

04:49and the difficult fixtures that we had today,

04:51we have the opportunity to close that gap

04:53and do it in a stadium that has a very recent and difficult past for us.

05:00I think it shows how much the team wants it.

05:03Hi, Mikel.

05:05You got criticised a little bit last week when you came here today

05:10and really took the game to Newcastle.

05:12Do you feel that you and your players silenced us this week?

05:17Well, I don't know.

05:18I think the way we played against Manchester City

05:20and Newcastle were the toughest opponent to play.

05:22The team was outstanding.

05:24That's my view on it.

05:25Very clear.

05:26OK, guys?

05:27OK, thanks very much.

05:28Yeah, thank you.

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