Two nil down at home against Bournemouth when you desperately need a victory to keep both your title quest and motivation on. And you don’t surrender but fight back brilliantly to grab a win in the dying seconds. It doesn’t get much better than that, does it?Shocking start, mental ending! If titles are won and lost in “small” games – Arsenal won it today!Mikel Arteta knows it too, as the Arsenal gaffer and the man behind this totally new Gunner army and spirit. A true champion-like mentality that the Spaniard managed to impose among his squad. Mikel Arteta’s Mentality Monsters. pic.twitter.com/3pnHBQgcRS— Patrick Timmons (@PatrickTimmons1) March 4, 2023 In the game’s aftermath, he pointed to it as a key moment for the club.”It was probably the loudest and most-emotional moment we have lived together,” he said. “The journey that we’ve been on together and how the supporters and team are together, adding the important moment we had today, it was very special.”Everybody is probably overwhelmed a little bit. It was madness from the first second of the game with a routine we knew they could do and we defended so poorly.”Then we just had to climb a mountain with ten players behind the ball. We tried every single way, we didn’t score the goal and suddenly, we are 2-0 down with a set play again.”After that, we don’t lose the shape, don’t lose the discipline and start to do all the simple things right and try to score the first goal. We showed maturity and resilience to do that. Once we did that, the atmosphere changed and the energy.”##NAJAVA_MECA_7069121####EDITORS_CHOICE##Arteta believes the team and individuals showed they had a different level of willingness to win, determination and initiative.”Because when the game gets ugly, there is a moment where you can lose momentum. You can start to hide and navigate through the game.”But the players didn’t do that. They wanted the game, every time with the ball, they took risks, took the initiative and kept trying until we broke them down. It was great to see that from the team.”Asked about the celebration after the winner went in, the Spaniard admitted he had no clue where he was heading to…Mikel Arteta reacting to the Reiss Nelson goal 😂The cameraman never stood a chance the way The Emirates was bouncing 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/WlfI2m567l— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) March 4, 2023 “I started to run and I didn’t really know where I was running to! But just looking in the faces of everybody, the staff, the players, our supporters with that joy in their eyes, it’s great to live.”It was an extraordinary day, a beautiful experience at the end. Very dramatic, but worth living because it was a great end to it,” concluded hePREMIER LEAGUERound 26SaturdayMan City – Newcastle 2- 0 (1-0)/Foden 15, Bernardo Silva 67/Arsenal – Bournemouth 3-2 (0-1)/Partey 62, White 70, Nelson 90+7 – Billing 1, Senesi 57/Aston Villa – Crystal Palace 1-0 (1-0)/Andersen 27 og/Brighton – West Ham 4-0 (1-0)/Mac Allister 18 pen, Veltman 51, Mitoma 69, Welbeck 89/Chelsea – Leeds 1-0 (0-0)/Fofana 53/Wolves – Tottenham 1-0 (0-0)/Traore 82/Southampton – Leicester 1-0 (1-0)/Alcaraz 35/Sunday17:00: (2.75) Nott.Forest (3.00) Everton (3.05)19:30: (2.55) Liverpool (3.45) Man.Utd. (2.90)Monday23:00: (2.15) Brentford (3.50) Fulham (3.60)***odds are subject to change***
