The Gunners drew 2-2 with Thomas Tuchel’s side in the first leg in North London but fell short at the Allianz Arena. In a game of fine margins, that was all Bayern needed. “At the moment it’s a very gutted dressing room,” Arteta told TNT Sports after the game.

“Very disappointed. I cannot find the right words to lift them and I wish I had [them]. “We have to go through it, and we tried against a team that has a lot of experience, and through the tie I think the margins have been very small… We gave them two goals [in the first leg] and that’s a big advantage to give away.

“Today we’ve seen that it was through the margin of error that we conceded. We made a mistake defending the box, a big one, and we conceded a goal, and then it was difficult.” Arteta suggested some of the damage was done in the first leg.

“It has to be a mistake from them or a magic moment which unlocks this tie, and the first one we didn’t manage to win in the end,” the Spaniard added. “I think we were better than them [in the first leg] and had a lot of moments on top in that, but that spark around the box is what you need in these ties. But we were very close.

Bernardo Silva and Mateo Kovacic both saw penalties kept out by Andriy Lunin, with Antonio Rudiger putting away the winning spot-kick. “Six games to go, we’re two points behind City and a very difficult schedule for everybody,” Arteta said. “Tomorrow we have to get up and come with the same attitude that we can be there and hopefully beat Wolves.”

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