'A huge mistake': Arteta admits Arsenal took their eye off the ball at West Ham – video
Mikel Arteta criticised Arsenal’s mentality after they threw away a two-goal lead at West Ham in a significant blow to their title hopes, accusing them of lacking purpose and killer instinct having cruised through the opening half-hour. 'We made a huge mistake to stop playing with the same purpose to score the third and fourth one and just thinking we could play around them and maintain the result and just looked too easy,' said Arsenal manager. 'At that moment we gave them hope. Credit to West Ham, they took it'.