Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta spoke in a press statement following the loss against Manchester City by two goals to one in the 33rd round of the English Premier League.

The coach spoke about the small details that made the difference: "That's exactly what happened, and when you don't do that, and they have the individual quality to decide those moments, you risk losing the game because I don't think there is any difference between the two teams."

On whether the loss was due to bad luck: "There are several elements. There's an element of luck in whether the ball goes in or not. In the second goal, the ball rebounded and reached Haaland. There's also individual quality, and in that moment you have to be calm, precise, and ruthless. You have to be like that."

On Arsenal's performance: "You can see at the end of the match, and from the beginning, the team's mentality. We could have been calmer in some moments, but we definitely imposed our style and created big chances to win, we came very close, but not enough, and now we have to accept that we missed a big opportunity today, but there are still five games left. We need to refocus and come back, because there are a lot of positives to take from the game."

He continued about the style of play: "With the ball, we had the same intention and created the situations we thought we could create, there was a moment where Kai Havertz was completely free in the middle of the pitch to go one-on-one with the goal. We are at this level because this team has brought us here, and this is the level you need to win, today there are certainly important elements in front of goal, which are the most important, and big chances must be scored if you want to return from the Etihad Stadium with three points."

On the quality of the match: "Yes, there were moments, but it was also a battle, with intensity, which is expected, there were large parts of the match resembling the first 28 minutes of the cup final because we missed two big chances to take the lead, and that changed the course of the match, we take it game by game, and we provided good moments a few days ago in the Champions League against Sporting, we are playing a lot of matches, we are the only team playing consistently, and this is also a difference, but the positive is that we saw the level today, and there are five matches left, and we will fight to the end."

He concluded about the loss and its impact on the title race: "We have full belief that we can do it (win the title), today we showed again who we are as a team. It's in our hands and it's still possible."