Laura Woods has hailed how Mikel Arteta used Arsenal's opening-day defeat at Brentford last season to improve the team after they recorded yet another win.
The Gunners put three past the Bees on their own pitch on Sunday, just over a year after they'd lost to them 2-0 and copped huge criticism. Arteta's side were dominant from minute one as their new-look team recorded a sixth win in seven Premier League games to remain top of the table.
Last term, the Spanish coach was forced to pick up the pieces on the opening night, but was determined to use the experience as a positive. Rather than writing it off as a bad day at the office, instead he cited it as a contest which they could build character from.
