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What Mikel Arteta made of our win at Forest

We moved within two points of the Premier League’s summit thanks to Tuesday night’s hard-fought 2-1 win at Nottingham Forest - a victory that left Mikel Arteta “really happy”.

Second-half strikes from Gabriel Jesus and Bukayo Saka put us firmly in control at the City Ground before Taiwo Awoniyi’s late goal set up a nervy finish.

Speaking in his post-match press conference, the Arsenal manager discussed the nature of his team’s display.

“I'm really happy with the performance and with the result,” he said. “It was still in our tummy, what happened here last year, and we wanted to put it right.