Sokratis believes Arsenal’s 2-0 win over Manchester United was one of their best performances of the season as the Gunners impressed to earn Mikel Arteta his first win as boss.

Ham & High: Arsenal's Sokratis Papastathopoulos celebrates after the final whistle during the Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London. Picture: John Walton/PAArsenal's Sokratis Papastathopoulos celebrates after the final whistle during the Premier League match at the Emirates Stadium, London. Picture: John Walton/PA (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)

The Greek defender scored just before half-time to add to Nicolas Pepe's opener and secure the all-important three points.

Sokratis thinks the performance was among Arsenal's best this season, saying: "I think today we saw that we can improve, we can play better.

"Of course every game we play better and better for more time, we have a lot of space to improve but today was one of the best performances."

The defender believes Arteta has been key to the turnaround, adding: "Some things he has to change, I don't say what he has to change.

"But when things are in a good way we are happy and I saw today and last week, the players are trying, the fun is back so we have to improve and get better and better.

"We already said a lot of times that the problem is not just the four defenders or just the goalkeeper or just the midfield so when we defend we have to have a good structure to start from in front and to run together.

"Intensity is important, so today we did very well and if we defend like this we will improve a lot."