Today is too painful - Arteta after Nottingham loss.

It is the last six games of the season that Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta, believes a team challenging for the title should be at their best, and it is the last six games that the gunners were at their worst.

While Manchester City were firing from all cylinders, Arsenal simply disintegrated.

The Gunners have lost three out of their last five games, and so the dream ended.

Speaking after the loss to Nottingham Forest, Arteta admitted that his troops came up short towards the end of the battle for the English Premier League title.

“(We’re) sad because we lost the game, sad because obviously it’s the day we have lost the championship,” said Arteta as quoted by www.arsenal.com

“After 10 and a half months fighting for it, working every single day, just trying to get to that dream that we all had, and that we all fought for so hard.

“But at the end, we came up short. You need to get the team in the best moment in the last six league games; everybody healthy, everybody playing at their best and in the key moments, take those moments and maintain the momentum, and we haven’t been able to do that.

While losing to Nottingham, therefore confirming City as EPL champions is painful, Arteta still wants to prepare well and give the Gunners supporters the best possible display in their next game.

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“Today is too painful and I think we have to heal now for the next three days,” he said. “Make sure we prepare well this week, we have a huge responsibility to give our people the best possible performance and a win, with the support and everything that they’ve done for the team, and we need to do that first."

In their next match, Arsenal will host Wolves on Sunday 28 May at the Emirates Stadium. The game will kick-off at 17:30.

We have to live with the emotion - Arteta.

Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has apologized to the Gunners supporters after the club virtually handed the English Premier League title to Manchester City following their 3-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday afternoon at the Emirates Stadium. 

Arsenal had a second half from hell against Brighton, and Arteta has admitted it was nowhere near his team's normal performance standards.

"First of all we have to apologise. Last week we were really proud and we stood with our chest out after the performance against Newcastle, and today we have to apologise for what happened in that second half. That is nowhere near the level that we have to show as a team and as a club," Arteta told www.arsenal.com

"At first, it was extremely competitive and we expected that, there were a lot of interruptions in the game and we were a little thrown. We had some big opportunities after regaining the ball very high up the pitch, and then the second half was a different story. 

"We started to lose a lot of duels, and obviously the way we conceded the goals is just unacceptable that this level, and after that we had no answers to get back into the game.

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Arteta says Arsenal will have to live with the painful emotion of losing the title right at the death.

"We have to live with the emotion that we have right now that we fell short and it wasn’t good enough. We’re going to have to use that to play the next game at a very different pace and quality."

Arsenal hands City EPL title after 3-0 loss to Brighton.

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Arsenal have all but handed the English Premier League title to Manchester City on a silver platter after losing to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday afternoon at the Emirates Stadium.

Following The Gunners defeat, Man City are now four points ahead at the top, with a game in hand, and need just three points to clinch the title.

In only their second home defeat of the season, Arsenal were uncharacteristically poor against Brighton, failing to get any rhythm going in their play.

Instead, it was Brighton who enjoyed most of the ball, averaging 59% possession.

In terms of creating goal scoring opportunities, as scrappy as their play was, Arsenal did manage to fashion 14 goal attempts, but only two of their shots were on target, a stat that tells a story of their bad day at the office.

Brighton had six shots on target, with three of them converted to goals by Julio Enciso 51', Deniz Undav 86', and Pervis Estupinan 90+6.

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For Arsenal, who were in touching distance of the EPL title not so long ago, it is now a case of so near, and yet so far.

Losing the title at the death after such a magnificent season is heartbreaking, but comes with valuable lessons for Mikel Arteta and his men.

As for Brighton, a spot in Europe is still very much a possibility.

Arteta marinades Brighton with sweet praises.

Arsenal will host Brighton & Hove Albion tomorrow [Sunday 14 May] in a crucial English Premier League encounter at the Emirates Stadium, with the kick-off at 17:30.

Arsenal are a point behind Manchester City, with 81 points after 35 matches, to City's 82 after 34 games.

With their hopes of winning the EPL title still very much alive, Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has showered Brighton with praises ahead of Sunday's showdown. A way of sweetening his meal before munching on it maybe?

Arteta says Brighton are a complete side that is a joy to watch.

"They are a really complete side. The way they are playing under Roberto and the coaching staff is remarkable, it’s just a joy to watch them play. He’s brought a different idea to the league and that’s a different challenge for managers as well," said Arteta on Arsenal's website.

"This is what you want. We want to be the best league in the world and we need the best managers and the best players. What he’s done with the team, after all the foundations that Graham Potter left at the club, is incredible. It’s going to be a very tough match.

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The two sides have met twice this season, with Brighton winning the first encounter 3-1, before Arsenal had their revenge with a 4-2 victory.

"We've beat them as well, so they were two very different games. When you look at the line-up [for the League Cup match], there were 10 changes. They were very similar games in certain moments with different outcomes, but extremely tricky with the way they play and handle certain things they do. It’s the same for them with the way we play."