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Speaking after the game, Arteta conceded that his side were poor going forward.

He took full responsibility for the way his team played, and hinted he would be making some changes in coming games.

Arteta said: “This is football and when you are not at the races and not at your best teams destroy you in the Premier League.

“It’s a really bad combination if you don’t win the duels, you are late and they are more focused, they are more determined for every ball. If you don’t defend your box well enough and you have chances but you don’t put them away.

“No we are not creating enough chances but the ones we did create were clear enough to score at least one goal but if you look at the numbers from last few games it’s not enough.”