Mikel Arteta was visibly crestfallen but offered no excuses after seeing his side fall to a potentially decisive defeat against Newcastle. The 2-0 reverse at St James Park means that a top-four finish is no longer in our own hands, and we are relying on bottom-placed Norwich beating Tottenham on the final day of the season. Having had a four-point cushion just a week ago, that’s a particularly bitter pill for Arteta to swallow. After the game he spoke to Arsenal Media - this is what he said: on whether we deserved anything from the game… No. We deserved to lose and we probably deserved to lose by a bigger margin with the way that we have performed and the way that we have competed in...
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