‘We got punished’: Arteta rues errors as Arsenal’s title tilt stalls with United loss

Mikel Arteta said after Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat by Manchester United: ‘The first error leads to the second. There were three or four, which is very unusual’. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Mikel Arteta blamed individual errors for Arsenal’s 3-2 defeat against Manchester United, on a weekend when their lead in the Premier League title race was cut to four points.

Arsenal were 1-0 up when the game was transformed by Martín Zubimendi’s mis‑hit back-pass, which presented Bryan Mbeumo with an equaliser. United scored with outstanding strikes from distance by Patrick Dorgu and Matheus Cunha in the second half to stun the leaders.