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Takehiro Tomiyasu insists table-topping Arsenal now understand and are showing how Mikel Arteta wants them to play, as he admits last season they couldn't 'express' it... as the defender also accepts the 'reality' of being understudy to Ben White

Takehiro Tomiyasu has revealed the true secret behind Arsenal's success this season is the players ability to implement boss Mikel Arteta's tactics.

The Gunners currently sit top of the Premier League by five points with a game in hand over second-place Manchester City at present, a much improved position to last season.

The north London outfit have amassed a staggering 50 points from their first 19 games, more than any other Arsenal side in history at this stage of the campaign - proving what a transformation they've undergone in the last year under Arteta.