Mikel Arteta makes ‘hurt’ admission as Arsenal misses chance to move 10 points clear of Liverpool

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Mikel Arteta admitted that Arsenal’s slip-up against Sunderland “hurt” his side, as the Gunners failed to extend their lead at the top of the Premier League table to nine points. “We know that we have to do better, and even though we’re conceding goals, there are things that we have to improve on the ball.

“We had to navigate through a really tough game, we knew that. Sunderland hatched a plan to stop Arsenal's long throws on Saturday.

“We can defend the action better and today we haven't done it; we conceded the goal. In the last minutes, we had another massive chance with Richy [Calafiori] and Mikel [Merino] to win it, which I think we deserved to do, but it didn't happen.