Arsenal's 'big mentality' the key to Premier League form, says manager Unai Emery after Newcastle victory lifts his side into third Arsenal beat Newcastle 2-0 in the Premier League at the Emirates on Monday Aaron Ramsey and Alexandre Lacazette scored the goals either side of half-time The victory saw Unai Emery's men move above Man United and Spurs into third By Craig Hope for MailOnline Published: 23:15 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 23:20 BST, 1 April 2019 Viewcomments Unai Emery says Arsenal’s ‘big mentality’ has lifted them above Spurs in the Premier League for the first time since October. The Gunners are up to third after winning a 10th straight Premier League home game, equalling a record set by the Invincibles of 2003/04. Arsenal have finished below their North London rivals in the last two seasons and Emery knows there is work to be done before they can celebrate a power shift back to the Emirates. Unai Emery says Arsenal’s ‘big mentality’ has lifted them into third in the Premier League ‘The next step for us is Sunday against Everton, but we need to be consistent, stay together and continue our big mentality to impose our moments in 90 minutes,’ he said after last night’s 2-0 win over Newcastle. ‘Football can change, we need to be strong first and it still demands a lot of points. But we are feeling a good atmosphere here with our supporters. We are playing consistently. We want to create that spirit, and confidence comes with these victories. ‘We know our target, it will be difficult. But we have a very good mentality, a big mentality with these players, we are showing that. This is the result of our hard work, of being consistent.’ Aaron Ramsey (2nd right) is congratulated by his team-mates after giving Arsenal the lead Five of Arsenal’s last seven matches are away from home, where they have won just once since November. And Emery, who confirmed scorer Aaron Ramsey should be fine for the weekend after picking up a knock here, said: ‘We now need to convince everyone we can be consistent away. We need to take the same performance away from home.' Alexandre Lacazette, scorer of the second goal, said: ‘I think we are more confident than last season and everyone knows what we have to do. When you win a lot of games in a row you get a lot of confidence.’ Emery celebrates after watching his side double their lead against Newcastle on Monday Meanwhile, Rafa Benitez said that defeat against teams such as Arsenal is to be expected given the disparity in the cost of their forward players compared to his own. ‘We have been talking about this the whole season. In the final third you need £40-50-75milion players,’ said the Newcastle boss. ‘You miss your chances in terms of passing in the final third and after you have to defend against a team who has pace and quality who are very precise.’ Both sets of players were forced to have cold showers after the game when the hot water stopped running in the stadium. Rafa Benitez says the the quality of forwards was the difference between the two teams Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility