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'I just look forwards'

After four consecutive wins, our impressive streak was brought to an end at the hands of our north London rivals on Thursday night.

Defeat against Tottenham is bound to leave a sour taste in the mouth of anyone associated with the club, but Mikel Arteta is keen not to dwell on the result and insists his focus instantly turned to the challenge posed by Newcastle United on Monday night.

“I just look forwards,” the boss said in his pre-match press conference ahead of our trip to St James' Park.

"I said after the press conference, that game was lost, we were disappointed, but we didn't have any time to recover and we have a huge game to play on Monday against Newcastle and full focus and energy was just on that.