Mikel Arteta feels that he and his players have reaped the rewards from their week-long training camp in Dubai as he aims to get back to winning ways against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
With a two-week gap between fixtures, Mikel utilised the Premier League’s winter break to head off to the UAE with his squad to build up fitness levels in the warmer climate and strengthen the relationships between everyone as we enter the second half of the campaign.
And having returned to a much chillier Colney, the boss revealed one of the benefits of the trip was the identify the marginal gains that could make all the difference in matches, which he hopes will have an impact in the upcoming weeks.