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Arteta on the defeat, injuries and the top four

Mikel Arteta offered no excuses after seeing his side slump to a heavy defeat at Selhurst Park on Monday night.

After a good recent run that had lifted us to fourth place, we have fallen back to fifth after a bruising night in south London

The boss discussed the performance, injuries to Kieran Tierney and Thomas Partey, and responding in a positive way

Read on for a full transcript:

on whether it was a poor night all round…
Yes, especially in the first half, but first of all, congratulations to Crystal Palace for winning the match and the way that they performed, but we weren’t at the races today, especially in the first half.