Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has revealed that the Gunners forgot how to win under Arsene Wenger towards the end of his reign.
Arsene Wenger left Arsenal after spending 22 years in charge of the North London club.
Arsenal replaced him with Unai Emery who endured a difficult start to his Gunners career, but he has led the team to five straight win in all competition.
“For any club who wins titles in the recent years, you have a team with the knowhow how to finish it off – and you can see it in any sport,” he told reporters.
“Take Tiger Woods – it’s 10 years since he won a Major tournament. The longer it goes on, the harder it becomes.
“This club has not won the league for over 10 years so, obviously, you need to get back into knowing how to do it.
“We started with the new manager from scratch, basically, and we try to get this mentality of winning every game, progressing every game, working every day and, hopefully, we can build this up and win the title sooner rather than later. That will make the big difference.
“In the past I would say the Arsenal way was more important than getting the points sometimes and this is not how you win the league.
“Sometimes you need to make sure you win an ugly game, when you are not playing well but you just dig deep, close the back door and win 1-0 no matter how. I think this is what we lacked.
“Yesterday, we went through difficult moments but got the win with the clean sheet, so this is very positive.”
Cech was in an impressive form when Arsenal defeated Everton 2-0 on Sunday.