Mikel Arteta believes his Arsenal side are excited about the prospect of Premier League glory after the Gunners thrashed Chelsea to move three points clear at the top of the table.
Arsenal brushed aside Chelsea on Tuesday night at the Emirates with Ben White and Kai Havertz both scoring twice in a 5-0 win, after Leandro Trossard opened the scoring.
Arteta admitted his side would enjoy the crushing win over their London rivals, but stressed he will keep demanding more of his players ahead of their final four games of the season.
The Arsenal boss suggested his role is to continue to instill belief into the dressing room that they will beat rivals Liverpool and Manchester City to the title.
'What I would like is that they can manage themselves in the dressing room, they know what we are playing for, they are so excited for it and they are so at it,' Arteta told TNT Sports.
'All of them, the players that haven't played more, they have a very important role and they have been outstanding and that's what holds the team together.
'My role is to keep demanding them, challenging them and in the moment making them believe they can do it because I think that's a very important thing as well.
'We have a lot of games coming up, let's enjoy tonight and let's go back to work.
'Very happy with the win, with the amount of chances and goals we scored. And with the clean sheet as well it shows the consistency.
'We weren't disciplined enough with some stuff we did in the first half and we needed to be more disciplined and we did that in the second half.'
Arsenal moved three points clear of Liverpool, but Jurgen Klopp's side can draw level should they beat Everton in the Merseyside derby on Wednesday.
The Premier League title remains in Man City's hands with the defending champions four points adrift but having two games in hand.
Arsenal will next be in action on Sunday when Arteta's side face Tottenham in the North London derby.
The Arsenal manager also hailed the contribution of Havertz in the win over Chelsea, with the German international scoring twice against his former club.
'He (Havertz) was unbelievable, in all departments,' said Arteta.
'For a nine to score two goals the way he scored, his contribution was great.'
Mikky101
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Arteta wanted at Barca
thank you, but no. he's better off at Arsenal
HakeemTm
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nobbeilnsz
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not too fast, though let's wait for May
TrywellSiancheks
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key master partey
malablata
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Which rest? if we were resting how come we had played 2 matches more than city? Didn't we played Wolves a day before City played United? Try and speak sense. We are the ones who have rest at all since the UCL....and we played on the same day.
I mean Arsenal is the team who haven't rest at all, not City.
malablata
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if not that you are a bad person how can you expect city not to rest,a team that played midweek,played on Saturday,and you still expect the team to play on Tuesday again?arsenal have been resting since their match against bayern and City have already played another match after that but you are too blind,selfish and bias to see that,either you like it or not at the end of the 38 league matches City will still be champion again and arsenal will still be trophyless as the miserable Chelsea again.all your winnings in vain.you can start your cry 😢 from now until then
Which rest? if we were resting how come we had played 2 matches more than city? Didn't we played Wolves a day before City played United? Try and speak sense. We are the ones who have rest at all since the UCL....and we played on the same day.
nuhdenosty
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It ain't over yet,we must not celebrate prematurely.
ollyfrosh
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I still don't understand why the EPL giving Man City soon much rest after their FA cup game..... This is injustice to the other teams.
if not that you are a bad person how can you expect city not to rest,a team that played midweek,played on Saturday,and you still expect the team to play on Tuesday again?arsenal have been resting since their match against bayern and City have already played another match after that but you are too blind,selfish and bias to see that,either you like it or not at the end of the 38 league matches City will still be champion again and arsenal will still be trophyless as the miserable Chelsea again.all your winnings in vain.you can start your cry 😢 from now until then
LovinglyRais
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GLORY to GUNNERS 🤩, MISERABLE nightmare to MAURICIO 😭
kababcknpt
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it's still the same because they will play on Sunday again after Thursday
thank you boss for understanding the fixtures
wupbcdeor
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next time
mocadelrsz
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I still don't understand why the EPL giving Man City soon much rest after their FA cup game..... This is injustice to the other teams.
it's still the same because they will play on Sunday again after Thursday
dupdkstuz
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Arteta wanted at Barca
malablata
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I still don't understand why the EPL giving Man City soon much rest after their FA cup game..... This is injustice to the other teams.