Mikel Arteta believes that winning the Carabao Cup could serve as a stepping stone for Arsenal to claim more silverware in the future.
Under Arteta’s leadership, Arsenal have secured the FA Cup and two Community Shields.
This Friday marks the five-year anniversary of Arteta’s appointment as manager.
In September, he expressed his ambition to add more trophies to the club’s collection when he signed a new contract, with the Carabao Cup identified as a key target this season.
Arsenal have made it to the quarter-finals of the competition and will host London rivals Crystal Palace on Wednesday night.
“It is really helpful, it brings belief, trust, positive energy, touching the cup, and being in the semi-final and beating somebody in the final,” said Arteta.
“It is that energy and it creates the right path to go and do something else, particularly because of the timing and when the competition is played in this country, it gets that momentum going.
“I fully believe in that, the fact that you are winning and you get into the next round and it creates something different around the team and that is why these kind of games are so important.
“It keeps everyone on their toes and everyone is willing to play those games and those competitions and if you can win it is momentum and belief and you are ready.
“The team is engaged every three days so to try to achieve that for the bigger ones.”
Arsenal head into Wednesday’s game against Crystal Palace following a frustrating 0-0 draw at home to Everton.
It marked the third consecutive Premier League match in which Arsenal have failed to score from open play, raising concerns that they are becoming overly reliant on set-pieces for their goals.
“That’s always the narrative,” said Arteta. “When you score five goals and another five and three, you’re not going to talk about it.
“If you concede, it’s: ‘You don’t have many clean sheets’. That’s normal. That’s the narrative. For us it doesn’t change.
“We want to improve regardless of if we score three or five. Even though we didn’t score on Saturday, we want to do better defensively.
“The frustrating part is watching it (the Everton game) back and seeing all the things that the team has done without getting a reward.
“Looking back at all the games in the league, our margins are 10 times bigger than many other teams that won that day. This is football.
“At the end what we have to do is put the ball in the net and then we don’t have that issue. With the way the team dominates the game, there’s very little to say.”
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