Arteta says Arsenal ‘can’t rely on magic everytime’

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was happy with his team’s mentality after they got a 3-1 stoppage-time win over Manchester United on Sunday but said they must find a way to finish teams off earlier.

“I love the mentality of the team, the determination, the eagerness to win,” Arteta said. “The team was very dominant and deserved to win the game, but the margins with this team are so small and it could have gone in a different way. The margins that we have in the later stages of the games are not big enough,” he added. “That’s something that we have to improve because you notice a lot of anxiety and you have to wait for a magic moment at the end. We don’t want to rely on that.”

Arteta becomes the first Manager to play 5 straight home games against Man United without losing any.

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With the win on Sunday Mikel Arteta became the first Arsenal manager to record five straight home games against Manchester United without losing. Arsenal are two points behind the league leader Manchester City, heading into the international break.