His actions - and particularly celebrations - after scoring against the Gunners said it all.
The popular Dutch forward netted four times in his three derby matches and was never on the losing side and admits: "Yes, Arsenal definitely got the best out of me!"
Rafa scored the second from the spot as we came back from 2-0 down to memorably win 3-2 at the Emirates in November, 2010, followed up with two goals as we came from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 at the Lane in April, 2011 and then opened the scoring in a 2-1 win in October, 2011.