Mikel Arteta described Arsenal's FA Cup third-round defeat to Manchester United on Sunday as a one-in-a-thousand occurrence after losing in a dramatic penalty shootout at Emirates Stadium. Bruno Fernandes put the visitors in front on 52 minutes before Diogo Dalot was sent off nine minutes later for a late tackle on Mikel Merino.

Mikel Arteta said his Arsenal team “deserved to win by a mile” as they fell to an “unbelievable” FA Cup defeat at home against Manchester United.

Mikel Arteta refused to point fingers at his misfiring attackers as Arsenal bowed out of the FA Cup at the Third Round stage against rivals Manchester United. The Gunners were squeezed out in a penalty shootout at the Emirates Stadium as the ten-men Red Devils dug deep to secure a spot in the next phase.