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Arsenal's win over Tottenham was much-needed, but did it move the needle in the belief that Mikel Arteta's side can overtake league leaders Liverpool?
Arsenal's 2-1 win over Tottenham was just what the doctor ordered for a host of reasons, and perhaps the best one was that it moved Mikel Arteta's team to within four-points of league leaders Liverpool.
After a tumultuous period that saw Arsenal lose 2-0 in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg to Newcastle and then lose to Manchester United in the FA Cup, the club left with a dark cloud hanging over Arteta's side.
But that has lifted with the stirring win over Spurs and now that once insurmountable Liverpool lead doesn't seem too hard to chase down.
Of course, it is important to remember that Liverpool has a game in hand, and if it wins that match, the gap will move out to seven points, but there is a mental element to it now, and four points seems like the Reds are gettable.
Not only that, but does the win over Spurs give Arsenal a little confidence boost in its title charge?
Arteta thinks that the win only gives the team momentum that lasts until Aston Villa in a few days.
"The result gives us the chance to enjoy the moment instead of momentum because momentum starts tomorrow to prepare us for Villa," Arteta said via arsenal.com. "Three days later, that's all the momentum that we have until tomorrow morning when we see our faces and we start to talk about how we're going to beat Villa."
So, the poor momentum has been stopped, and now it can begin moving forward in a positive fashion as we know all too often, it doesn't take long for that to get sucked away, and with Villa coming to the Emirates, that's a big advantage for the Gunners.
With the goal-scoring woes seemingly fixed for this game at least, the Gunners will now surely be in a more confident mood the next time they get in front of goal, and against Villa, a team that sits seventh in the league table and has won its last two games, they will have confidence that they can roll into the Emirates and get a positive result.
Arsenal has done so much good with the win over Tottenham, but it can all be wiped away with a poor performance against Villa, and that must be what Arteta has to guard against happening in a few days.
There's positive momentum building. Don't let it slip away.