Mikel Arteta has 'belief' in Arsenal title challenge despite disappointment after Man City defeat

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted his “disappointment” over his side’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester City, but said he had more “belief” in his players following the game. Manchester City went top of the Premier League after defensive errors from Arsenal cost them all three points, though Arsenal could go back in front if they win their game in hand on the current champions. Ad Nevertheless, the Spaniard believed that the moments where Arsenal had the away side on the back foot is a reason to feel the challengers can prosper in the title run-in to come.

TransfersArsenal, Man Utd and Barcelona to battle for Zubimendi — Paper Round22/01/2023 AT 22:31 Speaking to Amazon Prime Sport, Arteta said: “Disappointment because we lost it, I think it was an incredible battle between two teams, and when we had them, we gave them the goals. “On the other hand we had three big chances and didn’t put them away. “To beat them you have to be over our level because they are such a good team, we had them in big moments.

In individual moments they were better than us. “The second half as well, we had periods where we were really precise, but we had moments where we put ourselves in trouble, the way we gave the goals away.” Felix miss costs Chelsea as Adeyemi stunner sees Dortmund take lead to London 'Jude all day' — Hargreaves, Ferdinand and Cole debate Bellingham and Fernandez Benzema scores twice as Real Madrid ease past Elche Discussing City’s tactical change in the second half, he said: “I saw that they were man-to-man, a little bit higher up on the press, but we didn’t really understand when to play in certain areas. “It was really good if you take away that you gave Manchester City goals.