Mikel Arteta has revealed how Arsenal did not waste time in bashing themselves up for crashing out of the Champions League to Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals.
Instead, they immediately got back to the drawing board and began preparations to face Wolverhampton Wanderers.
The work paid off as Arsenal cruised to a 2-0 win over Wolves after a week of two consecutive defeats.
The Gunners are now back to the top of the Premier League table and Arteta insists it's all down to the mentality of his players.
"We stayed in Munich and I think we had an hour, two hours of sleep," explained Arteta in his post-match interview.
"We woke up and started to talk about Wolves first of all, and then about what the players need, how we're going to get into this game in the best mental and physical condition and prepare to understand what we have to do in the game to beat them.
"The boys were unbelievable, the staff are unbelievable.
"It's a joy to work with them and then we realise that we want to be involved in the big competition, fighting for the Champion League, fighting for the Premier League with the level that it requires.
"You have to do something special and you have to be something special and determined, and you're going to have that love to compete and expose yourself when it's needed to get the outcome that you want. I thought the boys did that really well."
