Mikel Arteta admits Arsenal only have themselves to blame after Wolves draw

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admitted his team have only got themselves to blame after surrendering a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with rock-bottom Wolves at Molineux.Bukayo Saka netted his fifth goal of the season to give Arsenal an early lead and they doubled their advantage 11 minutes into the second half through Piero Hincapie’s first goal for the club which put the Gunners in a commanding position.Hugo Bueno’s sensational strike halved the deficit just after the hour mark, and they left it late to strike doubt into Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes when Tom Edozie climbed off the bench to score the equaliser on his debut.

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00:05How did the game end?

00:05Extremely disappointed, obviously, with the result, with the way the game ended.

00:12But we have to blame ourselves.

00:14I think the performance in the second half didn't show anything close to the standards that are required in this

00:21league to win.

00:22We imagine that I think should have existed today, especially in the manner that we played the first half.

00:27So it's a moment of disappointment.

00:32We all want to talk a lot about how we're feeling.

00:35It's not a moment to do that because anything that we do has to be always and only with the

00:40intention to help the team.

00:42And right now I think we have to swallow that frustration.

00:45When you are at this level and at the top, you need to take the hits because today we deserve

00:51them as well.

00:52And I move on as quick as possible because on Sunday we have a big game coming up.

00:56It was a moment after another moment after another moment.

01:00So even though we scored the second goal, we never got gripped and dominant of the game.

01:04That's the reality.

01:05I think we should be able to pick things up.

01:05Getting the R Statement out really quickly.

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