Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted that his side "suffered" during their Champions League victory over Sevilla last night.
Goals from Brazilian duo Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Jesus secured an important win for the Gunners in Spain, as they bounced back from defeat to Lens to move to the top of Group B.
The victory did not come without a cost, though, as Jesus was forced off towards the latter stages of the match due to a hamstring issue, having helped himself to a goal and an assist in a man-of-the-match display.
Despite that setback, Arteta spoke of his delight at toppling the Europa League holders in their own stadium to take control of their group at the halfway stage.
"Very happy to win in here, not many teams have won here in the last 10 years in Europe. And we've done it," Arteta told TNT Sports.
"I really liked the team in the first 60 to 65 minutes because we played the game we wanted. After we went 2-0 up, we should have scored a third one and we had chances to score it.
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"We didn't and then one corner, the first action where they had something, they scored from and from there they have the experience and a lot of presence, as well a lot of belief to win the game and we suffered.
"It's about experiences and learning from those experiences. When you lose, you sometimes learn much more than when you win and it was a very different team that played in Lens. There were moments when we were very dominant and then we had to suffer, and it's necessary to suffer to win a game.
"You need magic moments in big games, you need the big players to step up and create those big moments. We need that - players performing at their best and [Jesus] did something special."
Arteta also admitted after the match that he was concerned about Jesus's injury, although the striker himself appeared to play down the severity of it.
Arsenal could qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds with two games to spare if they beat Sevilla in their next match and Lens beat PSV Eindhoven.
Barney Corkhill
