Arteta rues lack of ruthlessness

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta rued the missed opportunites during their 2-2 draw with West Ham on Sunday that left the Premier League title race wide open.

The result left Arsenal four points clear of second place Manchester City, but Pep Guardiola's side have a game in hand. The pair meet at the Etihad Stadium on April 26.

Asked if the pressure of the run-in was affecting his players, Arteta said at the post-match presser: "At 2-0, it is not the pressure. It is that we really misunderstood what the game required in that moment. We started extremely well again, dominated the game, dominated the pitch and scored two beautiful goals.

"After that we made a huge mistake: to stop playing with the same purpose to score the third and the fourth and just think that we can play around them and maintain the result. It looked too easy and in that moment we gave them hope, and credit to West Ham, they took it.

"We need that ruthless mindset to go in that moment and kill a team -- when a team is there for the taking, you have to kill it."