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Arteta - I want to see character and personality

We're approaching another pivotal point in our season.

After Thursday's Europa League last-32 second-leg tie against Benfica, four of our next five Premier League games come against teams above us in the table.

And Mikel Arteta knows it's an opportunity to get us back where we belong in the league.

"That's when we will define our season, if we are able to close the gaps in those games with them," he said.

"It's going to create some momentum for us and we're going to get closer to them. We know that the margins for error are minimal with the season that we've had in previous months, so we need to kick on.