Arsenal 2-1 Wolves: What Arteta and Saka said

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta speaking on BBC Match of the Day: “It was a roller coaster. The more the match went on, the more hope they had and we had to speed up our game and take more risks.

“In the first half we created a lot of situations without big clear chances. After we scored the goal we had a two-minute period where we were deep and very passive and we conceded this goal and it was a very bad goal.

“We pushed and we found a way to score the goal with the connection between Gabi (Jesus) and Bukayo and we are obviously delighted because that was what we wanted.”

What did you like the most?: “In the end, the final reaction. But we know it wasn’t enough. We hadn’t conceded a single shot in the box during the whole match and then their first action seemed so passive and it wasn’t at the level required to win the match comfortably.”

But can the title winners find a way?: “We found a way and that’s a very positive thing, otherwise we would be very frustrated and rightly so, but there are things to improve obviously and the match should have been bigger especially with what we produced in the game even though there are a lot of things to improve. But that’s it – win the match and move on.”

Arsenal captain Bukayo Saka speaking to TNT Sports: “Yes, sometimes we need it (luck). Today, it’s gone for us.

“We will take the points and move forward. We won’t know until May, but we can be happy tonight to have come away with three points.

“Coming to the Emirates, we want to let the teams know that it is going to be difficult here and that it will not be an easy match.

“It was frustrating at times, I’ll be honest. The message to the boys was to stay patient and try things – in the end we got our reward.

“Morale is good and we have a break until next week.”

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