Mikel Arteta could not hide his disappointment after we were beaten by Aston Villa on Tuesday night.
The result means we cannot secure a top-seven finish but our head coach refused to condemn his players after a week that has seen us beat both Liverpool and Manchester City.
"I am really disappointed with the result," Arteta told Arsenal Digital. "I cannot fault the effort of the players, for sure.
"You could see how they were going every time we lost the ball, how aggressive we were, Villa couldn't put three or four passes together. It was a very different game to the last two.