Arsenal throw away another two-goal advantage on the road in title race with Man City

That proved even more costly when West Ham equalised two minutes later through Jarrod Bowen’s smart finish.

Antonio hit the bar for the Hammers in the final 10 minutes but Arteta’s Arsenal will rue another two points dropped.

“We could not control what West Ham was proposing [after the first goal],” Arteta said after the game. “If you concede two or three goals away from home, it is very difficult to win football matches.

“We have to blame ourselves with how we defended those two goals in our boxes.

“We need to have that ruthless mindset to go and kill a team. When a team is there for the taking, we have to kill the team. And when you don’t do that in the Premier League, at some stage it’s going to turn around.

“You have to fight and earn the right to play, but when we need it, you need to have more composure.”