Mikel Arteta rallying cry as Arsenal prepare for Dubai trip after Carabao Cup exit

Mikel Arteta has told his Arsenal players to “swallow” their Carabao Cup decision to Newcastle and instrumentality from Dubai recharged to combat for the Champions League and Premier League.

Jacob Murphy and Anthony Gordon struck successful either fractional for Newcastle, who won the necktie 4-0 connected aggregate.

Arteta admitted afterwards that the decision was “painful” and Arsenal’s attraction present turns to the Champions League and Premier League.

Arsenal are heading to Dubai for immoderate warm-weather grooming connected Thursday arsenic they are not successful enactment again until a week connected Saturday.

We request to swallow this one, it’s a pugnacious 1 ... there's thing we tin bash close now

Mikel Arteta

“We request to swallow this one, it’s a pugnacious one,” said Arteta. “We had a batch of expectations, we knew the trouble of the task due to the fact that of the effect that we brought from London, but there's thing we tin bash close now.

“What we could bash is, we were connected the transportation a fewer minutes ago, present we person to look forward. First of all, I deliberation this is going to beryllium a achy 1 and portion we are successful Dubai, recharge and past spell again due to the fact that we person inactive a batch to play for.

“When you privation to beryllium successful the cupful finals, you privation to triumph trophies, astatine the extremity those are hard. They’ve been truly effectual successful the container successful the past 2 games that we’ve played against them and we haven’t. Overall, that was the main difference.

“It’s existent that contiguous we’ve been a spot much unsettled, particularly erstwhile the crippled became much chaotic oregon erstwhile they were precise nonstop with their play.

“Normally we are overmuch much composed, contiguous we lacked a spot of that and the crippled went distant from us.”

Arsenal were uncharacteristically shaky astatine the backmost and they talented Newcastle their 2nd goal.

Goalkeeper David Raya played a mediocre walk to Declan Rice, who was tackled connected the borderline of the country and Gordon punished the Gunners.

“The errors are portion of football, we’ve been ace consistent, we’ve been truly composed and contiguous we gave them anticipation conscionable by putting the shot agelong into our past line,” said Arteta.

“When we did that, we ever looked susceptible due to the fact that we allowed them to tally from this concern and they are truly a unsafe squad erstwhile they are capable to bash that. Certainly, they don’t privation to bash that, truthful what tin I say?”