Arteta admits Arsenal deserved to lose to Newcastle

Arsenal were beaten 1-0 at Newcastle, dropping them to fourth in the table. With Mikel Arteta conceding the defeat.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted his side deserved to lose 1-0 to Newcastle in the Premier League on Tuesday.

“We deserved to lose today. I thought we started really well and controlled the game really well. We didn’t defend the box well enough. Credit to them, they scored a really good goal with a good ball. Then the game changes and you start playing a different game. You have to adapt and we didn’t do it well enough. I was really frustrate.”

Mikel Arteta admitte his Arsenal side deserved to lose against Newcastle United. Their title hopes were dealt a hammer blow.

Alexander Isak’s first-half header subjected the Gunners to a third consecutive league match without a win. It follows the 2-2 draw against Liverpool and 2-0 defeat to Bournemouth. Which now sees the north London club on the edge of crashing out of title contention.

“We got drag into a game. Where they ทางเข้า ufabet https://ufabet999.app were always looking for us and we couldn’t play the game we wanted to. We had two good chances. Mikel had two good chances, Declan had one good chance. We didn’t have an answer.”

Speaking about the defeat, Arteta add: “We can say whatever we want. We will struggle to find words today. We have to play our best every time to give ourselves a chance to win,” Arteta said.