'Until second goal, we had them': Arteta reacts to City loss

 

"We lost it, and I say WE lost it, because we lost it. Huge battle — a battle that, especially until we conceded second goal, we had them — we had the feeling we could beat them but we gave them three goals and the game at the end," Mikel Arteta told Amazon after the game.

"With certain errors at this level you can't make. The team put the level very high at the same time.

"They were playing long balls and we suffered to get out of those zones and didn't read the situation well enough, they punished us."

City defeated Arsenal 3-1 at the Emirates. De Bruyne pounced on Tomiyasu's mistake in the 24th minute and Saka equalised from the spot in the 42nd minute.

The Citizens put Arsenal under immense pressure after the interval and Grealish restored the one-goal advantage in the 72nd minute. Haaland sealed the victory for the visitors ten minutes later.