Gary Neville has praised Arsenal for their composure in their win against Newcastle United last night.
The Gunners have been in fine form for much of this term, but in the last few weeks, they did not do so well.
Even after their victory against Chelsea, fans were still not so confident and it felt like they could drop points against Newcastle.
The Magpies are an emerging force in English football and defeated the Gunners when they visited them last season.
This meant the game would be tricky and Arsenal had to be in their best form to earn a result.
The Gunners did well and left St James’ Park with all three points and Neville explains how they achieved it.
He says on Sky Sports via The Daily Mail:
‘I thought they could get eaten alive today. When I saw the atmosphere and the first five minutes, nothing changed my mind. It was ferocious.
‘Arsenal grew up a lot today. Arteta deserves credit for picking Jorginho as a lot of people would have said get [Thomas] Partey back in midfield. Odegaard showed a lot of class and Jorginho composed them.
‘They’ve lacked that in the last few weeks. Martinelli and Saka still weren’t at their best but they had composure today.’
Just Arsenal Opinion
We had to win the game and did, which shows we have developed our strength of character.
We need it for the final weeks of this campaign and next season when we expect to challenge for the league crown again.
Beating Newcastle should also give us the confidence to attack our remaining opponents and we can earn wins in those games too.
Mikel Arteta buzzing after Newcastle United 0-2 Arsenal – This game was all about pride.
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Pound for pound only the Citizens boast a stronger out fit than us, Its the mental strength we have found locking when we need it most.
Gunsmoke, that’s probably right at the moment, but at some point next season the world will recognize that our squad is better. I say that because something tells me that City are not going to do as much as us in the summer, if they win the PL this season. We on the other hand are going to raid the market for genuinely good players. We will be stronger having gone through what we have. Next season we’ll be deadly….I hope.
G -There’s a message for you relating to your “pound for pound” post.