Mikel Arteta slammed his Arsenal players and admitted they were ‘nowhere near Champions League level’ after a 2-0 defeat at Newcastle left their top-four dreams in tatters.
A Ben White own goal and a late Bruno Guimaraes strike condemned the Gunners to a loss which keeps them in fifth position in the Premier League, two points behind Tottenham with one game to play.
Arteta stormed down the tunnel on full-time, and later said: ‘The performance was nowhere near the level we need to be at if we want to play in the Champions League.