Mikel Arteta happy with 2-0 win over Brentford after 'very demanding week'

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The Gunners, already without first-choice centre-halves Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba through injury, were dealt a blow when another one, Cristhian Mosquera, limped off just before half-time.Then, even more worryingly, Declan Rice, who had put in another huge performance, limped off with 10 minutes left with what appeared to be a calf problem.

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00:00Managed to rest and rotate a few players, but still got a couple of injuries and a big win, how would you sum up the evening?

00:07Yeah, rest, that's quite a positive word to use, we had to make some changes, we had a very demanding week at every level,

00:16emotionally, physically, what the game demanded, in the tactical and technical aspect of it,

00:22we were asked to play three days later, one less recovery than them,

00:25and still performing the way that we've done it against a team that is super well coached,

00:29very well organised, that they are very clear how they want to generate big chances and they are really good at doing that,

00:35so 1-0 we knew wasn't enough, I don't think we considered anything apart from the save I had to make on the corner.

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