I ’m extremely disappointed to lose and the way we lost it. We were the better team, we controlled every department but we gave them the ball. We gave them another three big chances. Then when we had to score the goal, we did n’t find the right pass or the right shot.

Mikel Arteta

When other teams were postponing matches, we were killed and told do n’t be naïve because if you have that many players out do n’t play with your kids, now we postpone the match for all the right reasons, believe me, and we get this reaction but I think it is normal.

We will not let anybody damage our name or try to lie about things.

It will be judged like this, how good or bad job you are doing is judged by many factors by different people. Externally, it’s only when you win or lose. That is the defining moment.

Results-wise in the last few weeks we have all been suffering, I have been suffering, i feel very responsible for that. The worst feeling is because I want to do so well... and to move as quickly as we possibly can.

I wouldn’t say there’s panic. I can see in training the way they try and the energy they put in, a team that is struggling normally you don’t see them play the way we were playing, and the way they played against Tottenham Hotspur.