Aubameyang Was Gutted After His Olympiakos Miss – Arteta

Arsenal coach, Mikel Arteta has said the club must back their striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after his recent missed opportunity vs Olympiakos in the UEL.

Despite the shocking miss, the Gunners boss has said he still has total faith in his striker who has netted 20 goals in all competitions this season.

According to him, Auba was gutted with the miss as well since it happened after his wonder goal that would’ve sealed their qualification to the next round.

He added that the Gabon international was very matured by speaking to the press immediately after the game to react to what happened.

His words, “He was gutted. Obviously he scored a wonder goal that put us through in the competition and the last kick of the game he had the best chance of the game and he felt very responsible about it,”

“We’ll try to be right behind him. He’s been phenomenal all season for us and now the players have to support him, we have to support him.

“His reaction as well after the game – to face the media and the way he talked and everything – it was a very mature reaction from him.”

“We were all very down, frustrated, disappointed. The first message to them was I am right behind them, thank you for the effort they put into the game, for the attitude and personality they played with and the way they reacted after we conceded a goal,”

“They tried, tried and tried again. They completely deserved to win the game but there are aspects of the game that we have to dominate better if we want to keep competing at that level.”

“This is part of our profession. We can fall and we can have disappointments. It’s about how we react individually and collectively.

“Then my job is to try to convince them that in the process we are in now there are a lot of positive things and as well things we have to improve if we want to be much better as a team. That’s the way.”