Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was non-committal about European football after victory over Southampton yesterday.
The result has the Gunners six points behind fifth place Manchester United.
Asked about Europa League qualification, Arteta replied: "I don't know. I said that I don't want to talk about what's going to happen on the table, but I'm concerned about what we do every day in training and how we prepare and compete in the games. We had two very different games against City and Brighton. Against City we lost two players in 20 minutes and we played 45 minutes with 10 men, and we gave them two goals.
"Against Brighton we had total control of the game and we threw the game away in seven minutes. I know what this team can do but only when we are 100 per cent focused and we are 100 per cent committed to competing. If not, we are at the moment average. Today we showed that when we do it, we are difficult to beat and we can win at any ground."
