The 29-year-old joined the north Londoners on transfer deadline day from Everton, leaving for a reported fee of £10million and penning a four-year deal.

Arteta made his Arsenal debut in Saturday's victory against Swansea and featured in the hard-earned 1-1 draw at Borussia Dortmund last night.

Despite only making two appearances and spending little more than two weeks at the club, the Spaniard insists he has seen enough to convince him that Arsenal could soon end their six-year wait for a trophy.

"We need to settle as quickly as possible and I try to help the team in the areas I am able to," said Arteta.

"We have five or six new players coming in and they are going to be an important part of the team.

"We all need to be together and I think the spirit is really good, the manager is really positive about it and we know that we will be fine.

"Most of the new players came in at the last minute so it is not going to happen in the first minute but when you have got the quality, it makes things easier.

"The challenge here is to win trophies and at Everton I didn't have the chance to do that. Hopefully, we are going to have it here.

"The difference between winning trophies and not can sometimes be very small details.

"The important thing is to get there because, when you do, you have a chance. We have to make sure we are close."

While several other players joined the Gunners at the end of the transfer window, much of the focus is on Arteta to see whether he can take up the mantle of playmaker after Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri left for pastures new.

Arteta admits he revels in such pressure and revealed that he spoke to Fabregas after moving to the Emirates Stadium.

"I talked to him the day after I signed the contract and he helped me on two or three things," he said. "He was really nice to me.

"He advised me on the areas to live, about the team-mates, about the club and how good they are, the people at the club. It was very good.

"With a club like Arsenal, you are going to be under pressure and you need to handle it and try your best.

"At every club I have been at, I have had pressure and this is not going to be any different.

"But being under pressure is good as it means people expect something from you.

"I think we have got the players here to make us good and play good football.

"We weren't that good with the ball last night because Dortmund were very good putting pressure on us but we will be fine."

Arsenal looked as if they would secure an unlikely victory at Signal Iduna Park last night when Robin van Persie gave them the lead in their Group F encounter.

The Gunners withstood a barrage of attacks from the home side, who eventually equalised two minutes from time through a wonder strike from substitute Ivan Perisic.

Yesterday's match was Dortmund's first in the Champions League for nine years and midfielder Kevin Grosskreutz was pleased with his side's efforts.

"For our first game in the Champions League it was a great game against a good opposition," he said.

"We can build on that, and we picked up a deserved point.

"Mistakes are cruelly punished, but this happens.

"Our team is strong enough. We always believe we can win.

"You could tell that we had encouraged each other after the defeat to Hertha Berlin."