Arteta deflated after losing 0-1 with 10 men

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta deflated after losing 0-1 with 10 men  22/02/2025  Emirates Stadium, London, UK

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00:00I'm just wondering what the atmosphere was like in the changing room after that, it must

00:07have been quite difficult to pick them up off the ground?

00:09Yeah, very disappointed, obviously very angry as well. I think you have to congratulate

00:17West Ham for the victory and the game that they played, but as well I think a lot from

00:22our side that we never were right and didn't allow us to get enough momentum, enough sequence

00:29of play with positive action that could deliver into situations of threat for them and even

00:34though all the ball that we had and 20 shots of that, I never felt that we were at the

00:39standards and the level that we needed. First of all to have more threat and then to allow

00:44them to run because we lost a lot of balls that we allowed West Ham to run in very dangerous

00:49positions.

00:50So when you say anger, it's anger yourself?

00:52Yeah, we have to be, I hope we are very much because we didn't hit the levels today and

00:58I am very much responsible of that so I am very, very angry.

01:04I think people look at the forwards and injuries and think that must be why?

01:10No, no and I refuse that completely because I'm talking about the standards of the players

01:17and the team that we played today, me included, and that was nowhere near the levels that

01:23we have to hit to have the opportunity to win a Premier League. Today, no. We were very

01:28consistent, yes, but football is about what you do today and today, nowhere near.

01:33Just on Ethan, he seemed to be limping a bit when he came off, is he injured?

01:39No, hopefully not, it was just fatigue I think.

01:42Tom Football, sorry James, Tom Football.

01:45Hi Mikel, earlier you mentioned that you're not happy with the level, you were very vocal

01:51in the January window about, you felt you were short and Mourinho is up front today,

01:56do you feel like the fact that there was a struggle to score indicates in some way why

02:00you were so vocal about wanting a second win?

02:02No, no, no, honestly, again, I think we have to look in the mirror of ourselves of what

02:07we can do better, what we've done and the will and the desire and the way we run and

02:13the way we won it, zero question about that. But at that level, this is not enough. You

02:17have to deliver and it has to be with a lot of quality to break a really good team down,

02:22to win many more games than we have done and to put actions that can end up in really threatening

02:28moments for the position to win the games and today we haven't done that.

02:32So what do you have to do now to change that, for the game against Florida?

02:35First of all, suffer. 24, 48 hours, suffer and feel the pain and make sure that we come

02:44back on Monday with that bite and that anger still in the tummy for Wednesday.

02:51Can you say you included?

02:54No, me first, sorry.

02:56Personally, what do you think you included?

02:58It's my responsibility, the team to play much better than we did today, much better. We

03:02have to play much better, with much more person, much more quality, much more interaction,

03:06much more, not enough. That's on me.

03:10Do you think you got your team selection wrong?

03:13I wouldn't, I would do the same, I would put it in the same team.

03:17But when you lose, you get it wrong. The tactics, the intentions, everything but that's what

03:24I felt so I have to do what I feel. After it's too late.

03:28You said on Friday about getting re-energised for the title race, are you worried about

03:35the impact that a result like this will have on the energy of the team to go again and

03:39go again and keep believing?

03:40Hopefully a positive one because it's already very negative what the result brings and the

03:45consequences to that. So hopefully very positive that we understand that we need to raise the

03:50level.

03:51Before the game started, could you see the game falling the way it unfolded?

03:57No, especially the way we trained all week, no. But this is football. Sometimes you see

04:02the warm-up and you say they are flat and then the game starts and we are flying. I

04:06think the way we started the game and how imprecise we were with the ball and giveaways

04:10and never got there, I think affected. But guys, we have 70, 80, 90 minutes to overcome

04:15that and we certainly tried. But it wasn't enough today.

04:19How much does it dampen what's done and the way they've played?

04:21That's the first thing that I said. They see that we are not there and they start to have

04:27more belief and they have the opportunity to run one or two times and score against

04:30the ball. It gets you out of trouble when the situation is locked, it unlocks the situation

04:34and then the spaces are open. You have to do that and then before half-time there is

04:38a moment that we have them and suddenly they score the goal and it gives them more belief.

04:44So, again, credit to them.

04:46Before wins tomorrow, the gap will be 11 points. Do you think that gap is manageable?

04:57It's not in our hands. For me, I'm really, really annoyed with the things that are in

05:02our hands that we didn't do as well as we possibly could and that's the performance

05:07and the result today.

05:09How do you interpret that incident? Any complaints from you?

05:16No, I haven't seen it back but, honestly, I would focus on what we have to do. I don't

05:22know if the decision was right or wrong. I haven't seen it. I don't want to evaluate

05:25it. But a lot of the things that we should have done better today, it wasn't.

05:29It was a great season but he's still 18 years old. Is that a moment of maybe a bit of naivety

05:35there and a learning moment for him?

05:37I don't know. I have to see the action back to evaluate it.

05:41On the fans, towards the end when you were pushing to score, there seemed like a lot

05:46of frustration, particularly where I was sitting, and anger. Did you feel that? And also, is

05:51that something that can affect your players when you're pushing for a goal and you've

05:54got 10 men? Do you need that support? It felt like it was quite an anxious and furious atmosphere.

06:00I understand as well that we won it and we are trying so hard and going against a lot

06:07of things and we had a great opportunity today and we don't deliver it. I think that's human.

06:12You asked me many times what is the ideal and what the team needs and how we overcome

06:17certain deficiencies that we have in the squad. It's them being in every single ball. That's

06:23my dream but I'm not here to demand that to the crowd.

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