Mikel Arteta admits his side played into the opposition's hands in 1-0 loss at Everton... as Oleksandr Zinchenko's grapple with Neal Maupay shows signs of Arsenal short-circuiting

Mikel Arteta will never use 100 words if one sentence will do, nor will he give you deep analysis if he can say something neutral.

So it was one of those moments, an hour after Arsenal had suffered a rare league defeat, when the ears pricked up as he acknowledged an incident in stoppage time.

Oleksandr Zinchenko had been drawn into a grapple on the floor with Everton irritant Neal Maupay.

Zinchenko allowed his emotions to boil over, wasting valuable time and giving Everton a chance to break up the game.