Mikel Arteta claims that his side ‘deserved to win’ against Liverpool

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The Arsenal manager praised his side’s performance on Sunday evening despite their 2-0 loss against Liverpool.

The Gunners have now been ejected from the Carabao Cup and FA Cup as Mikel Arteta attempts to chase down his first piece of silverware since 2020.

Despite dominating large portions of the game at the Emirates Stadium, Arsenal fell to a 2-0 loss to a weakened but clinical Liverpool side.

Arteta’s men had plenty of opportunities to score but consistently failed as their goalscoring problem became more apparent.

Speaking after the game, Arteta claimed that his side ‘deserved to win’ and urged fans to ‘stay behind’ the players.

With just one win in seven, the Spanish manager needs to turn around results quickly if he wants to stay in a title race, with Manchester City and now Liverpool kicking into gear.

Supporters who were hoping for a busy January window will be disappointed after Arteta revealed that it’s ‘not realistic’ when discussing potential incoming this month.

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17 Comments

  1. There is something not right with us this season I’ve been saying it for a while now we are not a team going forward we actually seem like we are going backwards and more and more positions are of concern obviously left back and striker are 2 positions but even though I personally thought Nelson played well today and I’m a big fan of martinelli I do think left wing a problem as of now and right back ben white has been poor in that position especially today but quite alot the number 8 position it of real concern havertz isn’t good enough in that position glad ramsdale played today if he keeps his place then gk is ok if raya plays then it’s 6 positions out of 11 that aren’t in form or good enough. Saliba Gabriel rice saka odegard and ramsdale if he plays are capable all good enough for arsenal the barring martinelli and jesus who could be should leave there not good plain and simple

    1. Arsenal played Liverpool shorn of 6 1st team players and you got beat, end of. But what does that tell you? Basically your not good enough to win trophies , you look good when passing the ball but then throw all your good work away, maybe if the concentration was on football and not committing stupid fouls and diving as was clearly on show last night.

    2. The only difference in the two sides in that cup match was you had Odegard, who kept losing his rag at every opportunity he had and Havertz who couldn’t hit a barn wall from inside the barn with his chances, although, I agree with what you said though, there’s something not right at Arsenal, whether it’s Arteta, the lack of a true striker or goal machine, Saka had a lot of the ball and did pretty well considering Gomez and Konate had very good defensive games, Personally I think Arteta set up wrong and probably should’ve played a back 3, with extra in the middle, going straight at the centre of Liverpool’s midfield, which in the first half was pretty weak, it’s unfortunate though that you can’t play on “I wish I’d done that” as hindsight would be a good tool to have, anyway, hope things improve as it makes for a much more entertaining season when all the top teams are on great form, good luck for the rest of the season and enjoy the game, for the love of the game.

  2. Goals win games not no of shots and 99% possession.The gunner attack is slow due to overpassing
    Watch how other teams score.

    2. 52% arsenal..48% Liverpool…not Liverpool fault you can’t hit a cows arse with a banjo. We didn’t park the bus we defended brilliantly without 3 plus hybrid trent konate stopped everything he was a beast out there

  4. I think Arteta needs to admit that Liverpool are a much better side and title challengers this season. Klopp is the best manager in the world by far. Arsenal shot themselves in the foot last night by not being clinical enough in front of goal.
    Arteta can throw his dummy out of the pram as much as he likes but he’s not up to the job like Klopp.

  5. No team “deserves to win”. It is a pathetic excuse and is away of absolving the players and manager of responsibility for the result.

  7. Liverpool wanted it more. Just suck it up Arteta you’s aren’t good enough. The game was there to be won but it just shows how overated Arsenal are.

  8. Possession date were not 99% they were 52-48 and shots on target , there was only 2 difference in the whole game . Yes, Arsenal had the better of the first half and Liverpool the second .

  10. It’s up to you what you want to say about your team, but it all means nothing when you’ve been eliminated.

  12. Only 1 stat is worth looking at and that’s the GOALS
    Shots on target,passes,tackles,possession
    none of these are good enough to win games
    Goals win games and pretty football is just pretty football

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