Arteta: The team's mentality is great, and this is what we showed
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta appeared in press statements, after the 4-2 win against Leicester City, in the sixth round of the English Premier League.
The coach said: "I'm very happy, first and foremost with the performance. I think we were unbelievable today. We deserved to win with more goals than we scored. We started the second half the way we did, conceding the first goal which made things more difficult. Then the team showed incredible character with the goal." A draw to continue the pressure and create chances after chances. We suffered more than we should, but that's football. I'm really happy with the team."
He added about his team's mentality: "The mentality of the team. Fantastic, how we handled the situation, we felt it should have been much more and it wasn't and suddenly the score was 2-2 but we had to deal with a very good team under difficult circumstances and we remained really calm. We had a lot of clarity and understood what we had to do He did it and we continued to do what we had to do and earned the right to win.”
On scoring two goals in stoppage time: “We are really happy now, but it could have been.” We are in a completely different situation because of the two goals we conceded, but we are confident in the performance we presented, which makes us very happy.”
On the chances of the match ending in a draw: “There is always a possibility, This is the Premier League, every team has incredible resources to create problems and today they scored two goals from few chances, but that is the quality they have.”