Mikel Arteta reveals the 'big alert' he gave Gunners before Arsenal's 5-0 win over Sheffield United

An Eddie Nketiah hat-trick and late goals from Fabio Vieira and Takehiro Tomiyasu earned the Gunners the three points in Saturday's Premier League clash ensuring they remain second in the league.

The north London side have won three and drawn one over their last four matches in all competitions, a run that includes games against Manchester City and Chelsea before they travelled to Spain to meet Sevilla in the Champions League.

Arteta was happy with the manner in which his team dealt with Saturday's challenge, saying: "They took the game in a really serious way because I gave them on Thursday a big alert because of the context and the difference in the game that we have to play today with the previous Man City, Chelsea and Sevilla games and I’m really happy how they approached it.

"Obviously they come from the national team, so we beat City, we come from national team, we have to go to Stamford Bridge and we did what we did in Stamford Bridge. Then you have to go to Seville and that’s a really, really stressful week with what they were experiencing in the last few weeks as well."

Arsenal are in action again on Wednesday when they meet West Ham in the Carabao Cup.