Mikel Arteta spoke to the press after Arsenal’s UEFA Champions League victory over Kairat Almaty at the Emirates Stadium. Despite scoring three times, they conceded two, which prevented them from achieving the record of eight successive wins by two clear goals.

Kai Havertz had a brilliant return with both a goal and an assist, and could have had another, which Viktor Gyokeres’ mishit shot instead ended up being put in by the intended target, Gabriel Martinelli. Arsenal’s potential opponents for the last-16 are Atalanta, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen and Olympiacos.

Gyokeres had a mixed night and will face plenty of scrutiny despite scoring. While Arteta gave two youngsters, Ife Ibrahim and Brando Bailey-Joseph, senior debuts.

Here is every word from the Arsenal manager’s press conference:

On the result?

Yes, I'm very proud of all the players and the run that we had in...