Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was unhappy with Ben White playing within himself during defeat at Southampton on Saturday.

The Mirror reports Arteta was a frustrated figure on the sidelines as Arsenal huffed and puffed but couldn't find the breakthrough despite multiple chances.

During an unofficial water break, Arteta could be seen frantically gesturing to both Ben White and Cedric Soares telling them to play the ball forward instead of being so conservative.

Arteta vented his anger at his side's frailties in attack after the match saying.

"For the amount of time that we spent around the box it shows that we have a situation, we didn't put them in the goal," the Spaniard said. "Because they have an exceptional goalkeeper today and because we didn't have enough quality and enough capacity to break them down when we had the numbers and the situations open to do so.

"It's difficult to explain because this is football, not basketball. Because any other sport you win the game very comfortably and you're talking about different things," the Spaniard said. "Difficult to explain but at the end of the day, it's decided in the boxes. They scored one goal, we didn't."