MIKEL ARTETA warned that Arsenal proved their hunger for back-to-back Premier League titles by demolishing Manchester City.

scored after just 23 seconds in Cardiff then the Gunners added two more goals through and .

Arsenal v Manchester City - 2026 FA Community ShieldArsenal boss Mikel Arteta says the team are desperate to secure back-to-back titles Credit: Getty *** BESTPIX *** Arsenal v Manchester City - 2026 FA Community ShieldArsenal skipper Martin Odegaard insists the team want to ‘win everything’ Credit: Getty

Skipper Odegaard said the champions “showed our level” and “want to win everything.”

have never previously lifted successive Prem crowns.

But Arteta insists: “We know that it is going to demand something special – and we are going to go for it.

“We know what it’s going to take, we know the difficulty of the task. That’s why we’ve never done it in the club, to win it again.

“The desire comes with saying ‘I want to live that moment again. I want to live other moments even bigger than that’.

“There is more belief, we know how to do it, what it takes to win it, that was the biggest asset of the team. To play in the manner we did is extremely impressive.”

Arsenal ended the club’s 22-year wait to win the league last season and came agonisingly close to adding the – losing the final to PSG on penalties.

Skipper Odegaard said: “We showed our level. We’re showed we’re ready. We’re serious and we want to do it again.

Arsenal v Manchester City - 2026 FA Community ShieldHaverts netted the second goal of the afternoon for the Gunners Credit: Getty CARDIFF, WALES, AUGUST 16: Riccardo Calafiori of Arsenal holds aloft the FA Community Shield in celebration after winning the 2026 FA Community Shield during the FA Community Shield match between Arsenal v Manchester City at Principality Stadium, CarGoalscorer Riccardo Calafiori said the performance showed the team’s ‘mentality’ to win more Credit: Alamy

“We want to attack it. We want to do it again. When you get a taste of how nice it is you want to do it again. We want to win everything.

“We played some brilliant football. Great performance and a great way to start the season. I want to score more goals.”

Several of Arteta’s players only reported back for pre season training this week but he said they were desperate to play.

Arteta added: “This win is down to the preparation that we’ve done in pre-season and the decisions that the boys have taken after the World Cup.

“They wanted to come early because they wanted to be part of this and they really wanted to win the competition”

“Fitness-wise we are not there, so you have to get there in a different way. And when you put your soul and your heart into it, that’s what happens.

“We talked about the desire that we have to start the season and to show ourselves how much we want it. I certainly saw a lot of positive things there.

“I told my players I really enjoyed watching them play. That’s a standard for us and if we drive the standards at this level, I’m sure that we’re going to be really, really competitive.”.

Goalscorer Calafiori set the Gunners on the road to victory inside the first minute and said the day could not have gone any better.

He said: “It was such an important game and test for us. It’s close to perfection this kind of performance. We wanted to show our mentality after last season.”