Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has admitted that the Gunners were second best in every department during their heavy 3-0 loss to Crystal Palace on Monday, April 4, 2022.
Arsenal slumbered in their quest for Champions League spot as they fell to former captain, Patrick Vieira’s charges. Goals from Jean-Phillipe Mateta, Jordan Ayew and Wilfried Zaha consigned the Gunner to their ninth defeat of the season.
Speaking after the defeat, Arteta slammed the unacceptable performance, describing it as sloppy and soft.
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“Congratulations first of all to Crystal Palace for winning the match and the way they performed, but we weren’t at the races today, especially in the first half,” Arteta said.
“We were late to every ball, we were soft in the duels and we didn’t earn the right to play. When we did a little bit we were sloppy on the ball and we didn’t have any dominance, any sequences of play where we could take some control of the game and we conceded two poor goals.
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“Overall it’s unacceptable, we put our hands up, apologise, regroup. Tomorrow is a new day and a new opportunity to prepare the group against Brighton.”
Arsenal have a young starting XI and some onlookers have suggested that the pressure would get to this inexperienced group during the run-in. However, Arteta was eager to dismiss this idea.
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“No because the pressure has been there the last seven or eight weeks. We are talking all the time about the race for the top four and these have been putting in really good performances and getting really good results,” he added.
“Today we didn’t perform it’s as simple as that. We were second best in every department especially in the first half.
“When we tried to change in the second half and play much more the way we wanted to play, in defining moments we had three or four big chances and we didn’t score the goals that we needed to come back in the game.“
