Arteta expects Arsenal response after late defeat at Villa

Arteta called on the PL leaders to 'bounce back' after the Gunners suffered just their second defeat this term

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00:01That's the league.

00:02I mean, you go to Old Trafford, you go to St James's Park, you go to Chelsea, you come

00:08here.

00:09We've been in a lot of difficult grounds and today the result could have been different.

00:12The reality is not.

00:13And that's the step that we have to make.

00:16I mean, we've been 18 games unbeaten and still we are there, very close to each other.

00:21And that's the level of the league and we know that, that's the opportunity that we

00:25had ahead of us and that's it.

00:27Now it's time to bounce back.

00:28They have given me all the right reasons to think that we're going to continue to perform

00:32at the same level because what the boys tried to do today again with the schedule that we

00:36had, it was amazing.

00:38So move on.

00:39Well, it's been five months in the competition and so far we've coped.

00:44We're going to have to prove that we can cope again, again, again for another six months.

00:48That's the level.

00:49If you think you're going to be in this moment with 10 points clear, I think we live in a

00:54different world.

00:55We're going to have to prove that we're going to be in this moment.

00:58We're going to have to prove that we're going to be in this moment.