Premier League: “We will never give up” for the title, promises Arteta (Arsenal)

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal coach, beaten 4-1 by Manchester City, at the microphone of BT Sports): “We were beaten by a better team than us, that’s for sure. They were exceptional today and when that’s the case, it’s extremely difficult to get to that level, when we were very far from our real level, especially in the first half. And when we leave such a chasm, we get punished (…) During the first 20 minutes, they dominated us, we couldn’t manage this situation well, we couldn’t compete in duels. They had a very direct game but we knew they could do that (…) we had to be in place to be able to challenge the balls and as we did not do so, we lost the thread immediately. It’s a difficult evening but we’re going to have to get up, take a step back and realize that we manage to compete with this team, it’s already incredible frankly. But we still want to compete and we will never give up. There are five games left and anything can happen. You have to believe in it even if it’s hard tonight.