“Yes, I’m very pleased with the result and very, very happy with the performance,” Arteta said.

“Especially in the first half against a fantastic team that makes life so difficult for you and put some really high demands in every action, whether it’s with or without the ball.

“I think we handled and read the situation really well and created some big problems for them.

“Then at half-time I said to them that if there is a team in the Premier League that is never going to give up, is going to throw everything at you that’s Leeds, because of the character and the belief.

“That’s what they’ve done. They’ve thrown everything at us. We scored the fourth goal, we could’ve scored more, but they make it hard.”