Arsenal have had a request to move their Carabao Cup quarterfinal tie against Crystal Palace rejected.
As it stands, the Gunners will play Palace at the Emirates on Tuesday December 23 at 8pm — even though the fixture was originally designated to fall on either Tuesday December 16 or Wednesday December 17.
Arsenal wanted the tie moved to December 16, but the new date comes just 53 hours after the Premier League match against Everton on December 21.
Arteta said: "We have seven players out, eh? So I don't know what (squad) depth we're talking about now because we're missing a lot of players, a lot of front players.
"If we continue to do that (play) every three days… we want respecting again. What we discussed previously, that in our opinion is the most important part.
"Hopefully they will move (our) Premier League match because to play to this date doesn't make any sense, obviously. So we will now decide the date. I'm sure they will change the Premier League date as well.
"I'm sure we will apply the principles of first of all the players, then the supporters, and then the times that we need to have equality and the same chances for every club. So hopefully it will be fair."