Back to the Newcastle United Newsfeed

Mikel Arteta lost sleep over Arsenal-Tottenham team selection

Like

9

Celebrate

1

Mikel Arteta has admitted Arsenal's availability problems led him to lose sleep in the build-up to Sunday's north London derby at Tottenham but hailed his team's resilience as they secured a vital 1-0 victory.

Gabriel Magalhaes' 64th-minute header settled a tight contest in Arsenal's favour, with Arteta's team now having won three consecutive away league games at Spurs for the first time since 1988.

Arsenal were without Declan Rice through suspension in addition to injury absentees Martin Ødegaard, Mikel Merino and Riccardo Calafiori.