"I think Middlesbrough came out second half and made it a lot more hard and they went very direct at the end but all in all it was a new system and we have got the three points with it and that is all that matters", the 23-year-old said.
"We've been there ourselves when you come into the training ground the day after the game and it's hard to lift yourself".
It took Mesut Ozil's strike 19 minutes from time to clinch victory as Wenger's decision to play three at the back for the first time in his 20 years with the Gunners ultimately paid off.
"I think it will make the team a bit more serene".
Arsenal, who face Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals on Sunday, had to fight all the way for their win on Teesside after Alvaro Negredo had cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's superb 42nd-minute free-kick.
"I think due to their pride they made it a hard first half and then when they came back at us and equalised, it was a test for us". We were tested just after half-time when they came back to 1-1.
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Wenger sensed uncharacteristic anxiety in his out-of-form players before the game, which he hopes will now have been overcome. "You could see we did not play with full confidence, but overall we really wanted to win", the Arsenal manager told Sky Sports.
"We've played against teams and we have been in most games and have been pipped by that extra bit of quality that we need to have".
Talk regarding the Chile international's future at the club has been rife over the past year, with his contract at the Emirates due to expire at the end of next season.
"There has been speculation over both players but that does not enter into things when match-day comes because it is all about the game then and they will always give their all". "I felt that when we scored we had Arsenal on the back foot and at that point we just needed the ball to fall to us". "The players were unbelievable, I couldn't ask any more of them", he said.
Clayton said his side were targeting three points at the Vitality Stadium to put pressure on other relegation candidates.
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