Arteta picks out three things Arsenal lacked in Europa win

Arteta’s side will look to make a statement on Sunday when they host Liverpool at the Emirates.

Mikel Arteta has picked out three things that Arsenal “lacked” in their Europa League win over Bodo/Glimt.

The North London club went into this midweek Europa League tie on a high as they deservedly beat their london rivals Tottenham 3-1 over the weekend. It helped them to reach at top spot in the table.

Arsenal are also top of group in the Europa League, even with them playing a game less than two of their Group A rivals.

Arteta’s side have now won nine of their first ten games of the 2022/23 campaign. They will look to make a statement on Sunday when they host Liverpool at the Emirates.

Arteta will know that his side will have to play better if they are going to beat Liverpool.

“I’m really happy with the win, six points and a clean sheet. But we lacked connection between the players, we lacked consistency and domination through the game,” Arteta told BT Sport.

“There were eight changes, you could feel that, the timing was missing.

“In the final third we looked very dangerous, the goals we scored were good goals.”

On early subs in the second half: “A few players, you could see they had a different intensity, not enough exposure in terms of minutes, so we had to make changes.”

Nketiah added after the game that it is important for “everyone to play for their role” at Arsenal:

“A good win, the atmosphere was electric today.

“They started well second half, we dominated first half then dropped.

“It’s nice to get two wins, two goals, I just have to keep doing what I can.

“Everyone has to play their role, so we have to keep fighting.”

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