Arsenal fans react as Mikel Arteta tweets message of gratitude

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Arsenal fought back to earn a share of the spoils at Chelsea despite playing the majority of the game with 10 men.

David Luiz was dismissed in the 26th minute at Stamford Bridge and when Jorginho followed up by scoring the resulting penalty, a long night looked ahead.

Under Mikel Arteta, the Gunners are made of sterner stuff, however.

Gabriel Martnelli equalised for Arsenal in the 63rd minute with a well-taken finish after a rare N’Golo Kante error.

Cesar Azpilicueta put the Blues back in the ascendancy with six minutes left to play and that looked to be that.

Arsenal weren’t to be denied something for their efforts though and Hector Bellerin’s goal three minutes later earned them a point.

Arteta was naturally delighted. He took to Twitter after the game to speak of how proud his team had made him.

Arsenal showed great character to come from behind twice despite having a man less for so long.

The Gunners do look like a different animal under the Spaniard.

The soft underbelly of old looks to be evaporating under Arteta and that should bode well in the future.

Following Arteta’s tweet, some Arsenal supporters responded to his message.

Here is a selection of those responses from the Gunners faithful: