Mikel Arteta just answered the question every Arsenal fan had after Man United loss

Arsenal are not in the best of moments after that loss to Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday night.

It was a match that they should have won, with regards to their league positions and how big of an advantage they had over Manchester City and Aston Villa.

But they didn't. They lost to United in a really weird game that has now left them in a three match winless streak in the Premier League.

For a team who have title-winning aspirations, that is not a good look.

Last week, Arsenal had the chance to solidify their hold on the Premier League after City's loss to United. They could have had a nine-point lead over their rivals, but their draw meant it was only a seven point lead.

Now, that lead is reduced to just four points, and Arsenal fans are ringing the alarm bells.

Mikel Arteta just answered the question every Arsenal fan had after Man United loss

It is definitely not a good look at the moment, and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, while talking about the game, addressed just that.

He talked about the mistakes leading to the goals that the team conceded, and their winless streak.

He said: "I think the first one probably leads to the second one, and the fact that you want to be more protective probably doesn't help to make those mistakes, because there were three or four [mistakes], to be fair, very unusual today in the game.

"They are part of football and sometimes you get punished and sometimes not and today we got punished and apart from that it has to be credit to the opponent for what they've done and in the manner that they managed to win the game.

"The Liverpool game was very different, the first and the second half when we go to Forest and you look back, we conceded nothing and the five big chances that we didn't score, but that's the reality as well and we're playing every three days.

"I think to discriminate competitions is very difficult for me, at least to put individual performances of players or the collective, but it's a reality that we haven't won in three games in the Premier League and we need to pick up points now."

It is a reality that Arsenal have not won in three Premier League games. And it is a reality that Arteta needs to face.

Every other press conference, he is asked about the team's mentality and title aspirations for the season, and every time, Arteta claims that their team is here to win it all.

They are trying. They are trying really hard, and their season has generally been really good. But, at the top - as Arteta would say himself - the margin of error is very little. Arsenal are still four points clear, which is good, but that four point lead can turn into one in just a single loss.

Those are the things that decide a tight title race like the Premier League. Arteta needs to get it through to the players that it is now their title to lose. Making as many mistakes as Arsenal made against Manchester United will not take them to where they want to be.

They need to reduce these mistakes as quickly as possible, so that their title hold remains intact.