Arteta Not Making Excuses For 2-1 Wolves Loss

Arsenal lost 2-1 to Wolves on Sunday, leaving both players and manager frustrated.

Mikel Arteta had no explanation for the result and admits that it was ‘a really bad result.’

“It’s a really bad result,” Arteta admitted to Sky Sports. “We had our moments. We had a great reaction in the second half. The team showed desire but the goal didn’t arrive. There are no excuses, we have to improve.”

Speaking to BBC Sport, Arteta added: “They had two shots on target in the first half and scored twice. The team showed a real resilience, togetherness and belief to try to win in the second half. We generated the chances but didn’t score.

“We need more goals to win football matches. We need to keep supporting the players. All players go through [tough] periods. We’re creating chances but struggling to score goals. That’s the difference between winning and losing.

“When you lose matches the confidence goes down because they believe things can happen again. You need to win after a defeat. We’ve been doing this in my time here. This is the first time since we’ve been here [that they’ve had a losing run].”

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