Premier League side Arsenal rallied to pick up a 2-1 win on the road against Newcastle at St. James Park on Sunday in a week that proved favourable for the Gunners.
Having gone down to a Nick Woltemade
strike, Arsenal came-from-behind with two late goals from Mikel Meino and Gabriel to turn the game on its head.
Head coach Mikel Arteta expressed his delight with the mental fortitude demonstrated by his team and dubbed it the mindset of title aspirants.
“We discussed that to go to the next level, first of all, you have to learn from the past, and certainly we take some lessons and very sore different and sore moments in this ground,” the Gunners boss said.
“Today was an opportunity that the game brings you again in a really important week in the Premier League after all the tough places that we’ve already been, very early in the season, to show who we are, who do we want to be, our ambition, and the way that we want to play,” he added.
“I think the team showed that today in a remarkable way,” the Spaniard said.
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe acknowledged that his should have done better to hold on to the lead and see the game out instead of letting a couple of goals in towards the end of the game in to concede a defeat at home
“Two really late goals here at home hurts. We have to reflect and acknowledge that we weren’t at our best,” said Howe.
“There was not lack of effort but from a footballing side, it wasn’t quite there,” the Englishman added.
Arsenal stand second in the league table at the end of six games with 13 points, two behind toppers Liverpool, with Crystal Palace trailing the Gunners at third in the table with 12 points from half as many outings this campaign.
