In defence of himself against an FA charge for his post-match remarks regarding the match officials following Arsenal’s loss against Newcastle United, manager Mikel Arteta of Arsenal stated he outlined the pressures managers face.

After calling the FA’s independent panel’s decision to wipe out Newcastle’s contentious victory over Arsenal last month an embarrassment and a shame, Arteta escaped punishment when the commission determined that a misconduct accusation was not established.

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“It was a really good process, it gave them the opportunity to explain how they felt, myself how I felt and the reasons behind it and the outcome is I’m not charged,” Arteta told reporters ahead of Sunday’s game against Brighton & Hove Albion.

“But we draw a line and look for how we can be much more constructive, learn from it and how to move forward.

“That is it, but it was good. I felt a lot of sympathy to be fair.

“Once I explained how we feel as managers sometimes, the pressure we are under and how important details are for our job.

“The reality last year was 14 managers lost their job, which is incredible. We depend on results, that is it.”

Following their defeat to Aston Villa last weekend, Arsenal fell to second place in the league, trailing only Liverpool.

Before Brighton comes to town, Arteta wants his squad to recover. He believes they need to be “very efficient” against Roberto De Zerbi’s club, who defeated Arsenal 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium the previous year, essentially ending Arsenal’s title hopes.

“We will try to do our best, we love winning and the team will do anything they can to win games. We showed that against Aston Villa. In my opinion, we were the better team and should have won the game,” Arteta added.

“We will try our best against Brighton, a team that will try to make life very difficult for us for sure… They are a really good side.”