Mikel Arteta has warned Arsenal that fatigue is no excuse for their damaging stumble as he urged his side to hit back by finishing off Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League quarter-final second leg.
Chasing a second successive appearance in the semi-finals of Europe's elite club competition, Arsenal host Sporting on Wednesday with a 1-0 lead from last week's first-leg win in Lisbon.
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