{"id":497519,"date":"2026-02-22T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/497519\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T21:31:07","slug":"beating-tottenham-can-be-a-turning-point-for-arsenal-says-proud-arteta-tottenham-hotspur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/497519\/","title":{"rendered":"Beating Tottenham can be a \u2018turning point\u2019 for Arsenal, says proud Arteta | Tottenham Hotspur"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mikel Arteta said that he could not be \u201cprouder or happier\u201d after his Arsenal side restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a 4-1 win against Tottenham<\/a> on Sunday that he suggested could be a \u201cturning point\u201d in their season.<\/p>\n

This was an emphatic response after squandering a 2-0 lead at Wolves<\/a> on Wednesday, a result that means City will win the league if they win all their remaining 11 games this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter what happened against Wolves it was tough but that\u2019s the beauty of this game,\u201d Arteta said. \u201cYou watch it back and you cannot understand how they drew that game. You feel angry, upset, ashamed. We are all different nationalities, different people, but it\u2019s been a joy to see how we came together and asked: \u2018How will we use it to be a turning point and make ourselves better?\u2019 It\u2019s much bigger than a job \u2013 it\u2019s our passion, our purpose. It\u2019s very painful but it can be very rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Arsenal<\/a> manager was notably relaxed as he prepares for his first week without a midweek game for two months. \u201cIt feels that we showed what we are made of, but then you have to show it again and again and again,\u201d he said. \u201cI cannot be prouder and happier from what I saw out there, especially how we lived the last 72 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

He had particular praise for Eberechi Eze, who followed up his hat-trick in the derby<\/a> at the Emirates Stadium with another two goals. \u201cI could see he wanted to prove something,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was upset even with me because I did not play him from the beginning [at Wolves].\u201d<\/p>\n

Tottenham\u2019s new manager, Igor Tudor, was unflinching about the scale of the challenge facing him. \u201cI\u2019m very sad,\u201d he said, \u201cbut in one way it\u2019s good to understand where we are, to have a game to show you reality, so each of us understand. The medicine is that each of us look in the mirror and really starts to change our habits. Working hard is the only way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eberechi Eze enjoys his opening goal with Arsenal teammates (from left) Mart\u00edn Zubimendi, Piero Hincapi\u00e9 and Declan Rice. Photograph: Marc Atkins\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Tudor spoke of changing the \u201cmentality and brain sharpness\u201d, but also acknowledged Spurs and Arsenal at the moment are in \u201cdifferent worlds\u201d, saying: \u201cWe have too many problems in this moment that this level of team will not punish you. We want to press high but if you don\u2019t jump then you are late. We wanted to go to press high but we didn\u2019t take the ball. We need to be in a physical moment that we can go strong and take the ball. Even with the ball, a lack of confidence is very evident in the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the implication that he did not think Spurs are tough enough in mentality or physicality, Tudor was adamant that he is not despondent. \u201cI saw the passion,\u201d he said. \u201cI saw the will. I was not angry, because they wanted to do all that we prepared but they were not able.\u201d<\/p>\n

Is there time to put it right? \u201cOf course,\u201d he replied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mikel Arteta said that he could not be \u201cprouder or happier\u201d after his Arsenal side restored their five-point…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-497519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}