Mikel Arteta says that the game was thrown away in the second half.
Mikel Arteta says that his side was punished by the other side because they completely crashed.
Three of the four goals that were scored by the Gunners were scored in a 25-minute period.
It ended the 10-game run of not losing a game.
Arteta said that they were completely different at half-time, even though they were down by a goal.
We crashed. The rest is a consequence of the frustration of having to chase the game.
The visitors tried to play out from the back on several occasions, with Diogo Jota sparking the second-half flurry after pouncing on Nuno Tavares' loose pass.
The hosts were able to score on Sadio Mane and Takumi Minamino.
Arteta said they know they will punish you. They are one of the best at it. There are mistakes in football.
We showed for 45 minutes that we could compete with them. We crashed for 15-20 minutes and then threw the game away.
You can be greedy.
The manager of the team is happy with the performance.
It is always important to win home games, even more so when you have not won in a while.
The international break saw a defeat by West Ham and a 2-2 draw with Brighton, both of which they led 2-0 after 24 minutes.
The Reds are four points behind leaders Chelsea, but they will climb to second if Manchester City play on Sunday.
"It wasn't a top-class performance but it was very controlled and mature and exciting in other parts," he told Match of the Day.
The goals we scored were worked on in counter-pressing situations. These goals cause problems for the opponents because you can be greedy in these situations.
Both managers were booked after an altercation in the first half that saw them separated on the touchline.
He said it wasn't the plan. It was obvious that there was nothing when Sadio went for a clean heading challenge, no one made a foul and they got up.
He's a physical player. It's not right to do that, it happens too often. It's hard to not say something when they rise up from the bench.
Arteta says the pair spoke after the game.
He was defending his team, I was defending my team. He said it doesn't matter.
