Arsenal: Mikel Arteta explains benefits of mid-season break as Champions League play-off chances are revealed

Mikel Arteta is delighted Arsenal person each but guaranteed a spot successful the past 16 of the Champions League arsenic it volition let them to pitchy disconnected for immoderate warm-weather grooming adjacent month.

“If we gain the close to bash that (have a break), that would beryllium large due to the fact that evidently it has been a ace engaged docket with a batch of demands and things that happen,” said Arteta.

“There person been adjacent much demands, particularly connected the players. So, if we tin execute that, that would beryllium great.

“[I am] precise blessed overall. Obviously this is simply a monolithic measurement and what we person done contiguous has enactment america successful a truly beardown presumption earlier we play the past crippled successful Girona.

“We scored 3 goals, [created] plentifulness of chances, dominated the crippled and didn’t concede shots, and didn’t concede astatine home, truthful wide precise happy.

“It’s truly bully and arsenic good we made definite changes for freshness to springiness definite players minutes and they afloat deserved them arsenic well.

“We had immoderate setbacks yesterday arsenic good with the players that we could usage tonight, 3 of them a spot of trouble, they were connected the seat but not truly acceptable to beryllium utilized arsenic well, truthful bully that we won it and bask it, and past let’s spell to Wolves.”