It Was Tough To Process Crystal Palace’s Stoppage-Time Equaliser – Arteta

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted it was emotionally tough to process Crystal Palace’s stoppage-time equaliser. This comes after Arsenal edged through on penalties in a breathless Carabao Cup quarter-final at the Emirates Stadium.

According to him, his team should have put the tie beyond reach in the first half, but he’ll still credit the intensity and quality his players displayed against a well-organised opponent that rarely concedes opportunities.

Arteta added that the Gunners must be better in front of goal to win trophies this season.

His words, “Considering the number of changes we made, the energy and he quality we showed against a well organised team that concedes few chances, we generated a lot. The margin should have been much bigger. They weren’t, and when that happens teams have the quality to hurt you on a set-piece. That was emotionally tough to accept, but we stayed calm, showed great composure and quality in the shoot-out.

I’m very happy for Kepa making the last save. The margins should have been bigger, it should have been three or four and then you’re not worried about what happened in the last minute. The margins are really small when you want to win trophies, and we have to pay attention to every detail to achieve that.”

WOW.

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.

The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.

After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.

In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.