Arsenal boss Unai Emery was pleased with his team's spirit in defeat at Liverpool.

Emery felt he saw a big improvement, despite the 3-1 reverse.

"Really I'm disappointed with the result," he said. "It's the first analysis we can do but after 90 minutes we did different situations with the players, tactically and spiritually. I think the team showed in one moment good character and it's one step ahead we want to do. The result means we're not happy today, but we can be optimistic for another situation.

"For example in the first half we were very deep defensively because they used their two wingers and they were giving the ball close to our box. But we were thinking it could be an opportunity to play in the match with Pepe and Auba. Also, our moment was in the transition and they are two very strong players to do that. We made two or three chances to score and these were from moments when they were pushing in our box with a lot of crosses.

"It's not all we wanted to do in the match because we wanted to keep the ball and keep possession better, but their pressing was very strong and we didn't break their pressing of the ball as much as we wanted. But we had the possibility in the match to show our moment and to score and the result can be closer to us."