Arteta has also suggested that Arsenal can still win the Premier League title despite Man City being overwhelming favourites.

He told the press: “Two games to go, and we can still be champions against probably the best team in the history of the Premier League.

“For 10 months and we are still there and we’re not going to bottle that.

“That’s for sure.”

Meanwhile, Arteta has confirmed that both Gabriel Martinelli and Oleksandr Zinchenko will miss the rest of the season.

He said: “They are both out for the rest of the season.

“Gabi [Martinelli] is a pretty nasty injury, we need to assess in the next week how long he will be out for and with Alex [Zinchenko] it’s a calf issue.”