Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker has said that the Arsenal defence ‘clicked’ in their 3-0 home win against Manchester United.
The German centre-back and vice-captain of the north London side believes that Arsenal’s defending against Louis van Gaal’s side was that of a title-contending team.
At the weekend the Gunners acquired their fourth Premier League clean sheet of the season – it was also the first time in nine matches that Manchester United have failed to score.
We [Arsenal] had a good understanding [defensively], I think a lot clicked today. If one of us won a duel, the other would be there and that was the same in the second half. If he [Anthony Martial] ran past one of us, which can happen, someone else would be there straight away.
It went well from the start and that’s always crucial. When you take your chances and are strong defensively, that’s a clear indicator that you feel good.
[Sunday] was just special and then it’s always difficult for your opponents to gain a foothold when they are so far behind after 15 minutes. You could see how much the team wanted to respond [from Olympiacos].
As a team you try and remind yourself of what you can achieve and you could see that we have a lot of confidence.
I hope that we can display that again in two weeks.
Arsenal moved up to third in the Premier League with their win over Manchester United and face newly promoted Watford in their next Premier League match, which takes place at Vicarage Road.
