Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was visibly agitated after his team could only salvage a 1-1 draw with Manchester United in a result that critics said might have sounded the death knell of his team's English Premier League chances.
With 10 matches left to play, second-placed Arsenal trail leaders Liverpool by 15 points, albeit with a game in hand.
Arteta, who stomped away from a post-game television interview, rued the fact that Declan Rice's second-half strike was their only goal against a United side languishing in 14th place in the table.
"Very frustrating we haven't won with the dominance and the chances we had," he said. "We gave the ball away out of nothing. Gave a foul away. We had them in the second half, you could feel they were really fatigued."
Rice and Arteta were asked about Bruno Fernandes' goal from a free-kick after United midfielder said "It helps that the wall was about 15 meters back!"
Rules stipulate the wall must be at least 10 meters back.
Arteta said: "Football is for smart street players, and if [Fernandes] has done that and capitalized on that, he is more clever than us and the referee ... Football is for clever people."
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