Tottenham 2-3 Arsenal: What Arteta said

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been speaking to BBC Match of the Day about reaching 100 Premier League wins as Gunners boss: "Thank you to everyone at the club for supporting me and to the staff for contributing to that. It is a good day to celebrate that."

On north London derby win: "Credit to the opponent, it is a beautiful stadium with a great atmosphere. We know how much it means to north London.

"We gave it [the lead] away and made a huge mistake, but the reaction from my players [was good].

"David Raya stood up and took six to seven crosses and that is what we want. If you are going to take risks, you have that reaction. I am really proud of them [the players].”

On the risks of playing out from the back: "It is worth it, depending on the game context. That error is not bad luck, it is execution. The moment before that, the picture was not what we wanted it.

"It is a team that has the ability to hurt you. They take a lot of risks in the possession and they are difficult to play against. They have quality and, in the game context, it allows us to sit deeper, which we didn't plan to do a lot.

"It is a really difficult one and to do it two years in a row [win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium] is even more difficult."

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