Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has come out to say that he was pleased with his player’s spirit vs Crystal Palace tonight. He recently revealed that even if they failed to create enough chances, he can understand because his boys were tired against a resilient backline.
According to him, he certainly would’ve loved to win the game, but Roy Hodgson’s teams have always proven to be stubborn against their opponents.
He added that several players are not fresh right now, and the match schedules will only get tougher to make things worse.
His words, “Some freshness and quality in the final third was missing. We had a lot of entries into the final third but no big, big chances,”
“I wanted to see a win today and to score a few goals but we were fatigued. We gave the ball away, but I cannot fault the spirit. It wasn’t enough.”
“Kieran Tierney is a real threat and the way we attack on the left is really important but he is injured and we have to find a solution. He will have an MRI scan tomorrow.”
“Roy Hodgson has done that all through his career, that is how they beat a lot of big teams. We had the plan we just didn’t have the execution.”
“We created a lot of situations against the low block but lacked the final quality. We probably didn’t do enough to win the game.”
“We are playing a lot of games and you can see fatigue is paying a price, many players aren’t fresh.”
“We had a period that was fatugue related where we kept giving the ball away. We lacked the quaity in the final third to win the game.”
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