Mikel Arteta on if his Arsenal side need to go on an epic run to win the title:

"Well, yes. The run we are in, especially with all the situations – injuries, illnesses, players we are missing – the team deserves a lot of credit.

"It’s disappointing because it’s not about how much we want it. It was more about the freshness and the quality that we have to deliver in that second half to dominate the game much better. But I understand that as well.

How close was Kai Havertz to playing?

"Kai tried but he really was very honest and said he couldn’t even travel. He was not feeling good at all, he tried his best yesterday to train. He tried his best and he wasn’t able to do that.

"Martin didn’t’ train, he said: ‘let me not train and we’ll see how I am tomorrow’ and he did his best to be here because we know the numbers that we had."