Arsenal's 3-0 defeat against Tottenham Hotspur and Monday's 2-0 loss to Newcastle United has them facing a probable miss of the Champions League for the fifth straight season.

Arsenal now needs Spurs to lose at relegated Norwich City to have any chance of qualifying. 

"Tonight, we have to swallow all the poison that we feel and go again tomorrow," Mikel Arteta said. "It was a really tough match. Normally, I sit here and defend what we have done, but Newcastle were 100 times better than us in every department, from beginning to end.

"It's very hard to accept it. We knew what to expect from Newcastle, but didn't cope with it and didn't compete.

"We were in trouble time after time, lost every duel and were second best all the time. Newcastle probably deserved a bigger margin as well.

"I will always defend my players, but tonight that's a really difficult thing to do."

Arsenal needs to beat Everton combined with Spurs losing against Norwich.