We made it two wins out of two in Singapore with victory over Newcastle United on Sunday – but Mikel Arteta believes we were made to work every inch of the way for the victory.
After falling behind early on, we hit back with two goals in as many minutes – both orchestrated by Kai Havertz. Then after being pegged back again, the substitutes turned the game in our favour with Max Dowman winning the late penalty that was converted by Martin Odegaard.
“It was a great test,” Arteta said afterwards. “The conditions are different, the pitch is different.