Mikel Arteta was left disillusioned in Arsenal’s 2-2 draw in opposition to Crystal Palace, as he mentioned that his aspect dropped their requirements.
The Arsenal supervisor noticed his aspect take the lead twice, solely to concede an equaliser every time, the second coming within the 83rd minute because of an error from defender William Saliba.
“We dropped our requirements right this moment and credit score to Crystal Palace,” Arteta mentioned. “We struggled to search out consistency within the recreation. We gave the ball away in easy methods and we have been late in all the things we did.
“We did not discover sufficient consistency in actions to dominate the sport. It is a part of soccer and price us two factors.”
Too many attracts for Arsenal
The draw was the thirteenth of the season for Arsenal, a complete that solely Everton, with 14, can beat. Liverpool, in contrast, have registered solely seven attracts. That represents a 12-point distinction – the identical margin, coincidentally, that now separates the highest two.
9 of Arsenal’s attracts have come from matches the place they led, that means that they’ve dropped 18 factors in 2024/25 from profitable positions. This can be a level greater than their mixed whole of dropped factors from the earlier two seasons.
“We’ve not been capable of see the video games off for a lot of causes, and the margins have been too small,” Arteta mentioned. “Typically that, generally credit score to the opposition, it is true that we performed 5 occasions with 10 males.
“There are plenty of elements, however clearly it is one thing that we have carried out a lot better up to now, particularly after we’ve been forward in video games. At the moment, with out actually a lot occurring, particularly within the second half, we’ve got to have the ability to see the sport off.
“I imply, you must win a specific amount of video games after which a specific amount of factors. Now we have solely misplaced three video games, two of them with 10 males, so we’ve got to win many extra.”
Gearing up for Champions League
Arsenal now have lower than per week till they face Paris Saint-German at house within the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final, first leg.
“Now we have spoke about avoiding our focus being elsewhere,” Arteta mentioned. “Now we have sufficient time to organize for PSG however right this moment we did not ship sufficient rights to win the sport. It’s good to have lengthy hole, we want it and we want gamers again to full energy.
“It may be troublesome. In lots of points of the sport we must always have carried out higher right this moment.”
“Credit score to Palace, they’re very nicely organised, they’re a very good aspect, they made it troublesome for us and everybody else, however right this moment we weren’t at our greatest.
“Now we have a very powerful recreation of the season in six days. We have to get our power again.”
“Hopefully not [looking past this fixture], however we mentioned that earlier than Ipswich [Town], and it wasn’t there, and right this moment we nonetheless had six days to organize that match, and I do not need to use that.
“Clearly, we’ve got missed plenty of gamers, plenty of gamers that have not skilled in any respect, they weren’t capable of do it right this moment so we have been very brief.”
Trossard: PSG can be a special efficiency
Leandro Trossard scored Arsenal’s second objective of the match however admitted his staff couldn’t get the fundamentals proper. Nonetheless, he’s decided to make sure that this does not occur once more in opposition to PSG.
“The standard right this moment wasn’t there in comparison with our final recreation. We have been nowhere close to that and we acquired punished.
“We have to increase the extent with our huge recreation arising. We need to win each recreation, in any competitors. Particularly after the final recreation, we had a superb feeling. We simply must be higher.
“It was simply the fundamentals generally. Not passing on the appropriate foot or taking a contact an excessive amount of. It was myself as nicely, I simply wasn’t adequate and we have to increase this within the subsequent few days. It is going to be good to have six days now and put together for this recreation with 100% focus. It is going to be a distinction efficiency.”
Carragher: Arteta can be livid
Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Carragher felt Arsenal missed a superb alternative to maneuver away from the groups behind them within the race for the Champions League spots. Simply 10 factors separate Arteta’s aspect from seventh-placed Aston Villa.
“I feel Arteta can be livid,” Carragher mentioned.
“They are going to be effective for qualifying for the Champions League however you need to put it to mattress as quickly as you may. In the event that they’d have received tonight you might write the [AFC] Bournemouth recreation off in between PSG and relaxation the entire staff. I don’t suppose he’s ready to try this now as Liverpool come after that.
“In the event that they lose the subsequent two video games then they’re simply behind you they usually nonetheless should play Newcastle. You simply don’t need to be wanting over your shoulder.”
