Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has dismissed this week's friendly defeat to Brentford.

The Gunners lost 3-2 just a week out from the Premier League's restart.

"We're trying different things," Arteta told Sky Sports, when asked about the defeat.

"We're trying to give minutes in their legs to all of the players, obviously you have to change a lot of players through the games.

"Getting adapted to playing in an empty stadium as well, not having that energy from the fans. It was good, we played two friendlies, we're getting a bit of rhythm, we haven't played for a while, we tried to make is as close as possible to a real game."