A Arsenal excessively roller coaster at this start of the season. Or rather, from the heavy and unexpected defeat against Bornemouth which then saw the draw drawn against Liverpool and ultimately the defeat at home to Newcastle Today. Mikel Arteta certainly cannot be satisfied, taking into account that with a success for City and Reds will find themselves biting the dust for the Premier League title. And above all, four days before the trip to San Siro against Inter in the Champions League.
In front of the microphones of Premier League Productionsthe Spanish coach of the Gunners put his face to it and admitted: “We deserved to lose today. I thought we started very well and were really dominant. We didn’t defend the area well. Congratulations to them. They scored a great goal with a nice pass,” Arteta began.
Continuing: “Then the game changes and you start playing another game. You have to adapt and we didn’t do that well enough. I’m very frustrated. We were dragged into a game that they’re constantly looking for and we couldn’t play the way we wanted. We had two great opportunities: Mikel (Merino, ed.) had an important one, Declan (Rice, ed.) had another one, the right adjustments were missing.”
Regarding the reaction to the defeat: “We can say whatever we want. Today we will have difficulty finding the words. We have to prove it on the pitch on Wednesday night (against Inter, ed.). You have to be at your best every time to give yourself a chance to win.”
The complete program
Saturday 2 November
Newcastle – Arsenal 1-0
Bournemouth – Manchester City
Ipswich – Leicester
Liverpool – Brighton
Nottingham – West Ham
Southampton – Everton
Wolves – Crystal Palace
Sunday 3 November
Tottenham – Aston Villa
Manchester United – Chelsea
Fulham – Brentford
CLASSIFICATION
1. Manchester City 23 points
2. Liverpool 22 points
3. Arsenal 18 points*
4. Aston Villa 18 points
5. Chelsea 17 points
6. Nottingham 16 points
7. Brighton 16 points
8. Newcastle 15 points*
9. Tottenham 13 points
10. Brentford 13 points
11. Fulham 12 points
12. Bournemouth 12 points
13. West Ham 11 points
14. Manchester United 11 points
15. Leicester 9 points
16. Everton 9 points
17. Crystal Palace 6 points
18. Ipswich 4 points
19. Wolverhampton 2 points
20. Southampton 1 points