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title: "Bellerin – We’re getting close to our best"
canonical: "https://readarsenal.com/2015/09/13/bellerin-getting-close-best/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Adam Hamdani"
section: "Arsenal News"
published: "2015-09-13T09:59:39Z"
modified: "2015-09-13T09:59:39Z"
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# Bellerin – We’re getting close to our best

Arsenal full-back Hector Bellerin believes his Arsenal side are getting back to their very best form, after the convincing 2-0 win over Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.

Having successfully kept Stoke away from Petr Cech’s goal, the Gunners have now played three games in a row where they haven’t conceded – with the 0-0 draw against Liverpool being followed by the 1-0 win over Newcastle United at St. James’ Park.

The north London side dismantled the visitors on Saturday afternoon through goals by forwards Theo Walcott and Olivier Giroud – and speaking to *[Arsenal Player](https://www.arsenal.com/news/news-archive/20150912/bellerin-we-re-getting-back-to-our-bes)*, the Spaniard admitted it was nice for the Gunners to pick up their first three points at home this season.

> *It is nice to get the first win at home finally.It was a tough game and we had a lot of chances in the first half.*
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> *Sometimes when you don’t score you can pay for it, but even when we had scored we were keeping tight at the back and defending properly. In the second* half *we got our second reward but I think we should have got it earlier because we had a few chances.*
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> *The team kept trying as we got the second goal and we were happy to get the win. I think the chances are coming. We were playing with the ball but we needed that creativity up front to convert the chances.*
>
> Finally *we look like we are getting there but we need to be more efficient. We need to get the same efficiency we got last season to get back to those ways.*

![Paul Gilham/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readarsenal.com/readarsenal/2015/09/487872818.jpg)

Bellerin believes that the success of the team thus far this season cannot be put down to *just* the mean defence – but also the way the Gunners have kept on to the ball and not been wasteful in possession.

> *The team keeps looking solid and the best thing to do is keep the ball.*
>
> *I think that is the reason why the team is doing really well is not just \[down to\] the defence.*
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> *The fact that we are keeping possession means we are playing the games our way.*