Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- Manager Mikel Arteta has lamented the inability of his boys to deal with Everton's physical threat in their 1-0 defeat to Tofees on Saturday.

The defeat, courtesy of James Tarkowski's second-half header at Goodison Park is Arsenal's second loss of the season- first to Manchester city in September last year.

Speaking after the game, the gaffer who also expressed his positives about the match believes that the result will serve as a lesson to his team as they continue their title push.

"We had loads of the ball and we generated many chances, but we lacked that purpose and quality in the final third,"he told BT Sport.

"Then we conceded and they slowed the game down and we struggled.

"They do this to every team. Their ...