Arteta reflects on Arsenal's Premier League season so far

Mikel Arteta is pleased with the progress he has overseen at Arsenal but the Gunners boss insists there is still much work to be done.

Mikel Arteta believes the future is ‘really bright’ for Arsenal but admits that he needs to find solutions to win more games moving forward.

Having represented the Gunners in his playing days, the Spaniard knows all about the weight of expectation in north London.

Arteta pretty much knew what he was taking on when he accepted the job as Arsenal head coach back in 2019.

Bar his apprenticeship under Pep Guardiola, the 38-year-old had no coaching experience to his name before the Gunners job..

However, Arteta has shown himself to be a good fit for an ambitious outfit looking to move in a different direction.

The Arsenal boss believes he is the right man to lead the Gunners back to glory.

Arteta was critical of his side after their shock 3-0 loss to Aston Villa and the Spaniard has reflected on the club’s season so far.

He old the club’s official website on how things are developing: “It’s part of a process. The results have to be immediate, and the challenge we have with the club we are representing is that we have to win as quickly as possible every game in every competition.

💬 "Everyone has to realise where we are now, but I see the future as really bright. I'm a really positive person and I tend to learn much more when things don't go well and we have a defeat like we had the other day that really hurt after the performance we had at Old Trafford."
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“So far we have played 14 games in all competitions this season, we won 10 and lost four and the four of them have been in the Premier League, so it is a little bit imbalanced.”

“There are a lot of things to do, short term and medium term, we have seen a lot of changes not only on the pitch but structurally as a club as well, it’s been difficult, it’s been a challenging time in the last three or four months, a lot of things have happened.”

Arteta continued: “We have to settle and everyone has to realise where we are now, but I see the future as really bright. I am a really positive person and I tend to learn much more when things don’t go well and we have a defeat like we had the other day that really hurt after the performance we had at Old Trafford.”

“We have to understand why it happened, be really critical first of all with myself and try to understand the players better, and give them more solutions to win more football matches.”

Arsenal will return to Premier League action on Sunday with a trip to Leeds.