Van Persie: Arsenal showing great character to fight back

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Date	Time	C	Opponent	F	A	R	S
18 Oct	3:00 PM	P	Everton (H)	3	1	Win

Striker Robin van Persie is pleased with the character shown by his team when they recovered from a goal down to beat Everton 3-1.

It looked like it was going to be more points dropped in the title race when Everton scored in the eight minute but goals from Samir Nasri, van Persie and Theo Walcott ensured that the points stayed in North London.

van Persie said: "You are playing at home with 60,000 people behind you and it is a bit disappointing when you go 1-0 down, but you have to think positive," he said. "I missed a few chances and was not happy about that, but you have to keep going and that is one of the reasons why you play at the top."

van Persie maintained: "At this time in football, the mental aspect is really important, maybe more than 30 or 40 per cent.

"If you look at the games we have played, like against Bolton and Blackburn, the mental aspect is more important than the way we want to play.

"I do not think it is a real big problem for us, but every single time we have to prove it again.

"Last season we played fantastic for three-quarters of the season and then suddenly everything fell down. I do not know if the reason is mentally, maybe it was a bit of everything, but we learned a lot from last year as well.

"The season is long, we lost some points, but we won some as well so we just have to stay positive.

"The whole squad realise that because we still have to play against the big teams and lots of big tests for us are on the way."

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