(Reuters) – Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta apologised for his workforce’s “unacceptable” performance in Monday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Crystal Palace.
Arsenal’s hopes of securing a top-four end suffered a blow after they slipped to fifth, a spot under Tottenham Hotspur, who’ve performed a sport extra.
“We weren’t at the races right now, particularly within the first half,” Arteta instructed reporters. “We had been late to each ball, smooth within the duels and did not earn the fitting to play.
“When we did a little bit bit we had been sloppy on the ball and we did not have any dominance, any sequences of play the place we may take some management of the sport and we conceded two poor objectives.
“Overall it is unacceptable, we put our fingers up, apologise, regroup.”
Arteta stated they’d talked concerning the significance of successful the person battles.
“We mentioned it simply earlier than kick-off, the best way you win right here is if you compete the best way you must,” he added. “That means you win duels, have a presence and the composure on the pitch to handle sure conditions.
“They are a very bodily workforce and the pitch is just not the perfect to do this so it’s a must to discover a strategy to do different issues that normally you do not have to do. We did not handle to do this.”
Arteta stated defender Kieran Tierney would see a specialist on Tuesday for his knee damage, which stored him out the sport.
“The feeling that he had wasn’t optimistic and what the scans confirmed both. But we now have to attend and see what occurs,” Arteta stated.
(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
