'There may be bumps, but I see bright light ahead'

Despite a tough start to the season, Mikel Arteta has never lost his innate confidence in his team and his optimism that things would soon turn around.

Now that we're up and running after beating Norwich, our manager revealed how he dealt with those difficult times.

"Life brings you things and you cannot decide it," Arteta said. "There are certain things that you cannot control. What is coming to you is coming for a reason. Sometimes we don’t want to see it, but it’s coming for a reason - and it’s probably for the right reason.

"Then it’s about how you take it and how you respond to that. The way that everyone around me responded is the way that I responded. That’s why it’s been fine.

"It’s…