FA Cup this season could help Arsenal become addicted to winning again.

Mikel Arteta believes success in the FA Cup this season could help Arsenal become addicted to winning again.

The Gunners host Championship leaders Leeds on Monday in the third round and the tournament appears a good bet for the club to secure silverware this season.

Now a head coach in his own right, the Spaniard is eager to give this squad an early taste of success under his management.

Arteta won the FA Cup under former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. When Arteta lifted the FA Cup with Arsenal in 2014, it ended their eight-year spell without a trophy under Arsene Wenger.

The Gunners would go on to win it two more times - making them the most successful club in the history of the tournament with 13 triumphs overall.

He added: "When I arrived here, obviously we were trying to fight for the Premier League, but at the time we didn't quite have the level to sustain it every year so the cups become very important.

"This club has a massive history with that and it was eight years without winning absolutely anything, so for us to lift that first FA Cup was a massive relief.

"It generated a really good belief and unity around our team and that helped that group of players to achieve what they achieved later when they won other cups."

He wants the supporters to continue getting behind the team like that, but pointed out the players are the catalyst.

Arteta concluded: "Now when we know we have the fans behind us, we have to pinch our players to react in a certain way to get them behind us and use them to have a better performance and to create more fear in our opponents."