Arsenal won 2-1, with Gabriel Magalhaes' winner coming on 96 minutes.
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Saka insisted afterwards: “It was a big result.
“We've come here in the past and results have gone against us, or decisions and stuff like that. It was starting to feel like that again today, but we have a big character, a big fight to turn it around, so we're really happy.
“In the past, we've come here and had decisions to go against us and whatnot, and almost today, with the penalty and some of the decisions, and Nick Pope having an unbelievable game.
"But we dug in and we showed that character, that resilience we have, so I'm really proud of all the boys. We made a big statement today. It's really good for us, you can see it in all of our faces.”