Mikel Arteta urges Arsenal to ‘step up’ as focus switches to Champions League

The toothless Gunners, playing without a recognised striker, managed just one shot on target at the City Ground.

Mikel Arteta’s side are drifting further away from leaders Liverpool (Nick Potts/PA)

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has told his players to “step up” after their Premier League season continued to fizzle out with a 0-0 draw at Nottingham Forest.

Arteta said ahead of kick off that his side would concede the title “over my dead body” but he may have to accept that their challenge has died a death after this stalemate, which came four days after a home defeat to West Ham.