Old Trafford win opens Arsenal 'box of dreams' - Mikel Arteta

Arsenal opened a "box of dreams" by defeating Manchester United to take the Premier League title race to the final day of the season, according to a relieved Mikel Arteta.

Leandro Trossard's 20th-minute goal proved enough for a 1-0 victory at Old Trafford but there were several nervy moments for the Gunners in the second half in particular.

The result moved Arsenal back above Manchester City into top spot ahead of their final game at the Emirates against Everton next weekend, but Pep Guardiola's team have a game in hand.

"I'm really, really happy, obviously," said Arteta. "Everything is at stake, you have no margin for error since January, you have to keep winning and winning and winning.

"Today we have to play at a really special place that our history wasn't very optimistic about what could happen but we found a way to win it and that says a lot about how much the team wants it.

"You know what the consequences are to a draw. I felt the team in a really good space before the game, we started the game well, we scored the goal, but that goal I think it touched something.

"We started to play too safe. I didn't like it and we had to change that, and when we wanted to change that we struggled to do it. If you don't have that element, you have to be extraordinary competing and doing the defensive things right, and I thought on that we were excellent again."

To add extra intrigue, City's game in hand on Tuesday is against Arsenal's bitter rivals Tottenham, but Arteta will be extremely proud of his players and staff whatever the outcome of the season.

"My experience in this league the last 20 years is that any team can beat any team," said the Gunners' boss. "The honesty and the respect that everybody puts into the games is phenomenal.