Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is delighted with the way his team is managing games this season.

The Gunners have blown teams away, but also can park the bus when needed - as they did in Sunday's 0-0 draw at Manchester City.

“I think, especially in this League and when you go to Europe it's the same, every game demands different things," Arteta said.

“There are certain teams that try to tell you to play a certain game and when they do tell you, you have to play it, you have to play it in the best possible way.

“When you have the adaptability to do that and still be better than the opponent playing that game, then you have a big advantage.

“And that's what we're trying to do, evolve as a team to be comfortable and be dominant as well. We have to play all kinds of game.

“You have to evolve the team. You need to understand what you want, you have to have the players to do it and the knowledge as well to explain it.

“But to play nice, I don't know what that means as well – nice is with the ball always, nice is without the ball as well, nice is when you have to play in certain areas and spaces on the pitch, with what kind of density do you play nice?

“In the end it's how you compete and how you make life difficult to beat the opponent."