Bacary Sagna drew positives from Arsenal's defeat to Manchester City.
Although Arsenal were defeated, Sagna was pleased with the team's performance in the second half.
He said: "Of course we had to keep going and try and score the first goal and we could have come back because it has happened in the past but it didn't happen.
"We knew it would be a tough game with hard tackles and desire, and of course they wanted to win as much as we did."