Mikel Arteta was delighted after Arsenal eked out a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace on Monday night.
Martin Odegaard converted a penalty won by Eddie Nketiah early in the second-half before Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu was sent off.
Arteta later said: "I loved it, absolutely loved it. It's a really difficult place to come. We played how we wanted to play 11 against 11, we dominated the game, we created enough chances, we missed two very, very huge chances that normally we put away, but we never gave up.
"We continued the way we wanted to continue. Eddie earned us the right to go ahead with his action, we scored the penalty and then we had to play half an hour with 10 men, which is obviously a conflict that we didn't prepare.
"We had to adapt and I think the players worked fantastically because I don't think we gave anything away. The subs were great, the way they came out, the concentration, the focus on how they helped the team and changed the team's momentum in many occasions of the game, so I'm really happy."
Asked if he was happy with their play overall, the manager also said: "No, because we have to put the ball in the net more often, especially with the dominance we are having in games. But that's the most difficult thing in football, so if you don't do that, you have to do the other part, which is be extremely solid. We were last week and we were again today with the chances we conceded.
"Let's keep playing better and evolving."
