We concluded our Champions League group stage with a battling draw away to PSV Eindhoven on Tuesday, and Mikel Arteta was delighted with how his much-changed side approached the match.
With little at stake on the night, the manager made eight changes to the side that faced Villa at the weekend, but his side were still able to round off the group stage with a point.
“With the amount of changes that we made, I think we competed well,” he said afterwards. “We lacked certain cohesion and timing in certain things, especially in the high press. They broke it and they had spaces to run but I was expecting that.