Football: An 'important' win for Arsenal after 'difficult' week - Arteta

Mikel Arteta was delighted after his side bounced back from successive defeats to beat Southampton on Thursday. Arteta: "We had two very difficult weeks with a lot of things that happened to us. I was concerned because of the manner of the defeat at Brighton, the way we threw the game away, it really affected the team. Confidence is everything in this game, but I could see yesterday that the reaction was really positive, that they were really at it. We just demanded that they play together and enjoy competing with each other and defend each other as much as possible and they will be fine. It was an important win for us.”