Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has rejected doubts about Takehiro Tomiyasu after his midweek blunder.

Arsenal head to Aston Villa today looking to bounce back from their defeat to Manchester City, which came about by individual errors being their undoing.

Arteta's side made mistakes for all of the goals they conceded, with City's opener coming after Tomiyasu under hit a back-pass to goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale and Kevin De Bruyne pounced.

“I think if we had a bet with all the staff and players at Colney and said: 'Someone has to do a clearance for us tomorrow, to win the League, we have to pick one player.' I think we'd all pick Tomiyasu. All of us," said Arteta.

“But this is football and these things happen. It doesn't matter if you're 22, 28 or 31.

“At the end of the day, the kids can make mistakes, yeah, and the more senior players as well. And we have made mistakes. Fortunately it hasn't cost us that many points - but we have made quite a lot."