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Arsenal boss Arteta: We can win at Man City - I love these players

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists they're capable of winning at Manchester City after Friday night's 3-3 draw with Southampton.

The result leaves Arsenal five points ahead of City before next week's showdown, though having played two games more.

Arteta said: "I cannot wait.

"These are the games you want to play. When everything is at stake you have to go there to win.

"This young team reacts in a way that is incredible, when it is against the odds, but the chances they created and the spirit they had... it was a joy to watch. The message is clear that I love them.

"We are down and they are more willing than anybody to win it. You can see that spirit and fight in the dressing room but it is clear we have to do defensively things better.

"It is not a final because there are still six games to go.

"The concern is turning around these moments, especially if the players in some moments are in doubt.

"In football you go through moments when you make errors and are not in a good moment but you have to come away from that."

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