Mikel Arteta admitted he was ‘actually upset’ after Arsenal’s defeat to Brighton and stated his staff ‘deserved a slap’ as they suffered one other blow within the top-four race.
The Gunners are threatening to blow their Champions League qualification after struggling successive defeats to Brighton and Crystal Palace.
Graham Potter’s Brighton had gone seven video games with no victory earlier than their journey to the Emirates however outplayed Arsenal to win 2-1.
Leandro Trossard curled house a effective end to place Brighton in entrance halfway by way of the primary half and Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli was denied an equaliser on the stroke of half-time following a four-minute VAR verify.
However Arsenal did not construct on their momentum and went two targets behind when the spectacular Enock Mwepu rifled a shot previous Aaron Ramsdale.
Martin Odegaard scored late on but it surely proved nothing greater than a comfort as Arsenal slipped three factors behind fourth-placed Tottenham, who smashed Aston Villa within the night kick-off.
‘It has been a troublesome week; particularly as we speak as a result of we needed a response [to the defeat at Crystal Palace].’ Arteta stated.
‘It got here within the second half, which is simply too late; we've got to have the braveness and persona to play significantly better and lift the extent within the first half.
‘We made it actually troublesome for ourselves. We have been sloppy, we had no function to assault, we have been actually imprecise and we didn’t need to play ahead.
‘We’ve proven for a lot of weeks how effectively we will play; it has been a troublesome week and we’ve misplaced some massive gamers, however if you happen to get what you need, not the whole lot goes to be with a blue sky.
‘That is our staff within the good moments and particularly the defeats. There are numerous video games to play however we've got to be involved about that efficiency, particularly first half.’
Requested how Arsenal plan to reply to two damaging defeats, Arteta – who stated he was ‘actually upset’ by his aspect’s newest setback – added: ‘What occurs is we criticise ourselves loads once more, get slapped once more as a result of we deserve it after which elevate ourselves up.
‘We all know this street is taking us nowhere, particularly with the place we need to be. We've the whole lot to play for within the final eight video games and we've got to have that power and visualise the gorgeous problem that we've got forward and never sit again and see what occurs.’
After Brighton moved as much as eleventh with simply their fourth win in 26 league video games, Seagulls boss Potter stated: ‘It's a unbelievable efficiency from the gamers and a good higher consequence; I’m delighted for them.
‘We’ve had a troublesome time, however we reset with a robust efficiency towards Norwich and a extremely good one as we speak. You'll be able to see how powerful it's to win video games within the Premier League.
‘We needed to grasp on and undergo, however we did and the consequence makes it price it. You need to be disciplined and good defensively right here. Arsenal are a staff who're competing for the Champions League locations.
‘They're fine quality and we revered that; I didn’t suppose we may grasp on for the 1-0, we needed to rating once more. Delighted we did that, however even then, we needed to undergo on the finish.’
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