His side suffered a third successive defeat on Sunday as it went down 2-0 at home to Liverpool in the FA Cup third round despite having enough first-half chances to have cruised into the draw for the next round.
Arsenal’s unforeseen incapability to put the ball in the opposition’s net is hanging to undermine a season that looked so full of pledge and director Mikel Arteta appears at a loss to know why the pretensions have dried up.
His side suffered a third consecutive defeat on Sunday as it went down 2- 0 at home to Liverpool in the FA Cup third round despite having enough first- partial chances to have cruised into the draw for the coming round.
Arteta’s side have now had 61 thing attempts in the last three games– a 2- 0 home defeat by West Ham United and a 2- 1 loss at Fulham, both in the Premier League, and Sunday’s frustrating Cup exit against Liverpool– and scored formerly.
While Liverpool’s 7,000 travelling suckers celebrated, Arsenal’s left the Emirates Stadium murmuring about the need for a new striker in the transfer window.
You could see their point too as Reiss Nelson, Kai Havertz and Bukayo Saka all wasted good chances against Liverpool while captain Martin Odegaard was denied by the bar.
Asked why his side couldn’t score past a Liverpool defence missing their amulet Virgil van Dijk, who was ill, Arteta was easily not amused. “ Yeah it’s frustrating but what can we do? I can’t tell them play bad, don’t shoot, and score an own thing, ” the Spaniard told journalists.
“I haven’t seen a platoon in the once six months that has generated what we’ve done against them. We haven’t capitalised. When my platoon plays with that courage and station against presumably the stylish platoon in Europe right now what can I do but stick by them. ”
Arteta said that the absent Brazil forward Gabriel Jesus had needed a checkup after some pain in his knee but hoped it was “ nothing big ”. Quizzed on whether a new striker might be arriving in the January transfer window to try and get the season back on track, Arteta added “ One thing is what we need and another is what we can do. What we can do is stick behind those players. ”
Arsenal, which has gone four games without a palm, isn’t in action again untilJan. 20 when it hosts Crystal Palace in the Premier League. Know More Latest Football News…
