The Gunners were eliminated from the competition via penalty kicks on Tuesday night.

Aaron Loupalo-Bi opened the scoring for the League Two side, before Viktor Gyokeres levelled after the break.

The tie was decided via spot kicks, with Fleetwood winning 5-3 after Bruno Guimaraes saw his effort saved.

Arteta, speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live, said: "First of all, congratulations to Fleetwood for going through the next round. The manner that they have done it, and for us a very sad day.

"There is nothing to criticise the players for their attitude, their application.

"The determination - you could see that was there from the start. Even with 10 men, we conceded a really poor goal to start with that gave them some momentum."