We extended our lead at the top of the table to six points, despite failing to breakdown a resolute Liverpool side at Emirates Stadium on Thursday.

In a game of few chances we prevented Liverpool from having a single shot on target, but didn’t create enough ourselves at the other end to earn a victory.

But the draw it made it eight games unbeaten in all competitions, after an intense Christmas and New Year period where we have regularly been playing twice a week. 

After the game Mikel Arteta was left to rue a missed opportunity, but praised the team for their efforts lately. 

“Well, we're disappointed because we wanted to win the game,” he said. “But I think overall, with the domination and the situations that we created in the first half, we should have come out of that in a winning position, and that's the margins in this game.

“You're not going to dominate the whole game against the champions, because they are a really good side. 

“But when we have them there and created a situation where we're having the best spaces to put the ball, find somebody and put the ball in the...