Arteta on title win: I asked myself - am I good enough?

Mikel Arteta has admitted he questioned whether he was good enough to deliver a major trophy for Arsenal - claiming he was "vulnerable" before finally winning a Premier League title for the Gunners.

Arteta has guided Arsenal to their first top-flight title in 22 years, with the Gunners clinching it on Tuesday night after second-placed Manchester City could only draw with Bournemouth.

In April, Arsenal showed some cracks after defeats to Bournemouth and City let Pep Guardiola's side back into the title race. But the Gunners recovered afterwards to deliver the title - and could add to it by winning the Champions League final in Budapest next week.

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"Yes, we won the league," Arteta said in a press conference on Thursday. "But the most proud I've been is how we've won it.

"We showed very important values not only in sport, but in life. Perseverance, to be resilient, to be composed in moments when people are doubting. And to be vulnerable.

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"I've asked that question to myself: am I good enough to lead these players to win a major trophy? Until you do it, you cannot validate yourself.

"The big lesson here is stay humble, stay curious and focus on the point and you want to achieve. If you give your best, you give yourself a good chance. We've given ourselves a good chance for three years. This season, we've done it.

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"Now you want more. We have the biggest one to play in Budapest in a few days. It's been extremely rewarding. We know we've gone step by step. When we haven't reached it, because sometimes someone else is better, they have better resources and be humble there.

"But you have to say: I'm not going to stop, improve and reinvent myself. That's going to be a theme in this season. If we haven't done enough, there are things to do to make that step. We've been very creative in our process to achieve that."

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Arteta was asked for his most difficult and standout moments of the season in his press conference.

"There have been so many moments," he replied. "I need a bit more time to reflect on that. We have so much footage that probably will explain a bit the story of the season.

"The start [of the season] was tough. When you build the club, the team into a zone where the only thing left is to win it and the margin is so small, especially with our competitors - can the team handle the pressure from the beginning?

"Because we remember the conversations we had in September and October in the press conferences. 'If you don't win, the league is over' and there are still eight or nine months to play.

"To play with that on your back constantly is not easy. That has been one of the toughest moments."

However, the most important part of the season - according to the Arsenal manager - came in the same period.

Before Arsenal played their first Premier League game of the season against Manchester United in August, Arteta gathered his players for a meeting - without any other members of staff.

They gathered around a tree - put up by Arteta - in the training ground to symbolise the growth of the club.

"One of the main ones was a meeting we had here, at the training ground] next to the tree, when I got all the players together," said the Spaniard.

"And told them: 'Look at each other and the squad we've built over the summer. We are capable of everything and can be very, very good but that depends on us and behaviours - everybody understanding the roles they were going to have daily, to give the best for the team.'

"Once they realised that, we went to a different level. You've seen the impact that everyone has, during different moments in games through the season. And the capacity we have shown to deal with very, very tough circumstances throughout the season.

"Normally we have a lot of meetings and staff there, but it was the players and myself. And we talked about the role. What is my role and how I feel about them, and every decision I'm going to make is going to impact their lives in a positive way. Any decision I make is because it's my job to make it, so don't take it personally."