“We got dragged into a game they are looking for constantly and we couldn’t play the game that we wanted. We had two big chances – Mikel had a big one, Declan had a big one.
“We lacked answers. We can say whatever we want. We will struggle to find the words today. We have to show it on the pitch on Wednesday night.
“You have to be at your best every time to give yourself a chance to win.”
Arteta’s evaluation of the loss was echoed by William Saliba, who said: “We are all a bit sad because we wanted to win today. Unfortunately we didn’t and we didn’t play the game we wanted to play. We deserved to lose today I think.
“I think we didn’t play how we wanted to play and they were good as well.
