Arsenal’s defeat to Aston Villa was a big blow to their European qualification hopes, according to Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal lost 1-0 to an Ollie Watkins goal.
Arteta said, “It’s a big blow because when you consider the performances that we’ve put in in both games, we’ve got zero points out of that. We just give the opponent the game. We need to come back.
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“We’ve done it this season and we have to do it again. We have a week now to prepare for the next game against Leeds and then focus on that, keep maintaining all the right things we are doing and the way the team is evolving. We need to stop certain things that are costing us the games.”
He added, “As you could see, I was really animated for a few decisions and one big decision that I will not discuss here. It is what it is. It’s not an excuse. Regardless of the decisions, we have to win the game. It’s as simple as that.”