Arsenal fell to defeat at Anfield against Liverpool as the hosts ran out 1-0 winners. A moment of magic from Dominik Szoboszlai in the form of a free kick gave Arne Slot's men all three points in this one.
Mikel Arteta spoke to the media after the game, explaining the positives and negatives of his team's performance as well as an injury update on a key player who was forced to leave the pitch.
"I think we deserved more" - Arteta reviews his team's performance
Speaking after the game, Arteta expressed his feeling that Arsenal certainly did not deserve to lose at Anfield, and that there were positives for the Gunners to take away from this performance despite not gaining any points from it.
"We're disappointed with the result, I think we deserved more.
"I think the team showed a lot of good things throughout the game, a lot of dominance in a place where that is very, very difficult to do. I think we elevated the game to standards that were really high."
In terms of attacking threat and clear-cut chances, it was a quiet opening half for both sides. Arteta's men appeared happy not to commit too many players forward in the first half, before raising the tempo around the hour mark. The Spaniard insisted that there was no difference in performance between the two sides and that the game was only decided by a moment of magic.
"We didn't do our gameplan to frustrate them; we did it to win it. I think we elevated the game and the dominance to a point that they had to raise it. They did, especially from the 60-78th minute, when then you could see that there were no margins in the game.
"When that happens, the game is going to be decided in two ways. One, with an individual error, and two, with a magic moment. Szoboszlai created a moment that was incredible, that has won the game, and that was the difference, nothing else."
There was a clear change in tempo in the second half, something which Arteta credited to the venue in which they were playing.
"This is Anfield and at some point, it's going to change. You cannot dominate Anfield for 95 minutes and it changed in various ways, especially because we didn't make the right decision when our keeper got the ball in their hands, we started to rush it, the turnovers, we didn't manage them so well so we could never glide as a team.
"They are going to create those moments without really creating any situations of danger."
"He couldn't cope" - Arteta speaks on Saliba injury
Aside from the loss of points, one of the biggest worries for Arsenal fans would have been the fitness of William Saliba after the Frenchman left the pitch just 5 minutes into the encounter. Speaking after the match, Arteta explained that the issue was picked up before the match and also praised Cristhian Mosquera, who stepped in for the defender.
"He twisted his ankle during the warm-up, and he came in and he said he believed that he could carry on and play, but straight away in the first two actions.
"I could see that he couldn't cope, and we had to get him out unfortunately. But thank God we had Mosquera, which we put in for the first time in the Premier League. His debut, not expecting it at Anfield, and I think he was really, really good."
The Spaniard was asked whether he was worried about the injury sustained by Saliba, to which he said he was.
"I am because you cannot play a game of that stature. After you tried [to], that means that there is something wrong."