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Arsenal boss Arteta 'really happy' after routing Newcastle

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was delighted with his players after their 4-1 rout of Newcastle.

The Gunners were never tested as Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Jakub Kiwior all struck.

Arteta said: "I'm really happy with the performance against a Newcastle team who are really really good. The boys were really good, really aggressive and we deserved to win the game.

"They [Newcastle] have a lot of resources to create issues but we continued in the same way, we maintained our rhythm and it was a joy to watch the team play.

"We are really happy, we have to continue to do the things that we are doing well. There are still things that we can do better and we are bringing big players back from injury so that is a big boost.

"Against Porto we were ourselves with the ball but not without the ball. It was a big lesson and you learn a lot from those moments."

On Jorginho's performance, he added: "Jorginho was really good, we thought it was a game for him and we know that he is a fantastic player.

"I like all of the goals, the ones that are more scrappy and maybe don't go on YouTube but are as effective. We are scoring in different ways and that is something really positive as well for the team."

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