'I thought Arsenal were the better team'

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Arsenal are one point behind Liverpool in the Premier League table. AFP

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta held a press conference after his side's 1-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday. The Spanish coach said he thought they were "the better team".

Aston Villa closed to within two points of the top of the Premier League as John McGinn's goal beat title rivals Arsenal 1-0 on Saturday.

Arsenal's second league defeat of the season leaves Mikel Arteta's men one point behind Liverpool, who went top with a controversial 2-1 win at Crystal Palace earlier on Saturday.

"I'm very disappointed with the result, especially with the way we played, I think we deserved much more than what we had, I thought we were the better team, I haven’t seen a team do what we did to Villa today since we were here in February," Arteta told reporters.

"It wasn’t enough to win it because we lacked the accuracy in the opponent's box to put the ball in the back of the net with the amount of situations that we generated."

Arteta went on to add: "To play the way they’ve done, I am really pleased, but disappointed because in the end we didn’t have the result that we wanted."

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