Arteta tells Arsenal to 'stand up and be counted' after Villa defeat

Mikel Arteta has issued the rallying cry to his squad after a 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa dents their title aims

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00:00 How confident are you that there are still more twists and turns and teams will drop

00:09 points and you'll have a chance to get back?

00:12 "Yeah, that's a possibility, that's the reality right now. It was the same for a few months

00:16 back and we knew that this moment could come and now it's about reacting and keep believing

00:23 and doing what we can do."

00:25 How important is it for you to manage this situation to make sure the season doesn't

00:30 just fizzle out in the next week?

00:32 "If one result is going to do that then we are not strong enough. That's very simple.

00:37 We had one of the best performances in the first half that we had this season by far

00:41 against a really good team. It should have been three or four more. It didn't happen

00:45 and the second half momentum shifted. We could not control and generate what we did in the

00:50 first half. We struggled, we conceded two very poor goals and we lost the game. So congratulations

00:55 to the opponent and now it's the moment to stand up as a leader, as a character, to make

01:00 yourself count. When you win and win and win for four months, it's very simple to do it.

01:07 The moment is now."