Every word from Mikel Arteta’s post-Wolves presser | Press conference | News
After seeing us let a two-goal lead slip away in our 2-2 draw at Wolves, Mikel Arteta answered questions from the media in the Molineux press room.
He was asked about his emotions at full-time, the pressure on the players, and how he picks the squad back up for the north London derby.
Here is everything he had to say:
on his reaction to the result:
Extremely disappointed, obviously, with the result, with the way the game ended, but we have to blame ourselves. I think the performance in the second half didn’t show anything close to the standards that are required in this league to win, with the margin that I think should have existed today, especially in the manner that we played the first half. It’s a moment of disappointment.
We all want to talk a lot about how we’re feeling, but it’s not the moment to do that, because anything that we do has to always and only be with the intention to help the team. Right now I think we have to swallow that frustration. When you are at this level and at the top, you need to take the hit, because today we deserve them as well, and move on as quickly as possible, because on Sunday we have a big game coming up.
on the second half performance:
It was a moment after another moment after another moment. Even though we scored the second goal, we never got the grip and dominance of the game. That’s the reality. That’s credit, obviously, to Wolves. I don’t want to underestimate that, but I think we played a big part in that. As I said, it’s very basic things, very simple things, that today we did really wrong and that’s why we had the feeling, without really conceding much, but the moment is always the game open to anything that can happen.
on the team’s mentality under pressure:
I think any question, any criticism, any opinion, you have to take it on the chin today. I think that’s it. Any hit, any bullet, take it, because we didn’t perform at the level that is required. Anything that anybody says can be right because we didn’t do what we had to do. The way to do it is on that pitch on Sunday, in a great opportunity that we have. We’ve always done it, but you’re as strong if you show it the next time you do it. To talk and say it here, it’s simple, and we have to do it on the pitch.
on our supporters’ feelings after the result:
The more they can be with the players [the better], and I’m going to be the first one to be very close to them because this is nothing to do with attitude or desire. It’s completely the opposite. It’s part of football. Whatever could have gone wrong today, it went wrong because when you look at the way we conceded the two goals, without really conceding any other situations, it’s very rare. But it happened, and it happened for a reason, and we need to react to that.
on managing emotions in the game:
If I ask them what we have to do now, what the game requires, they know it, but we weren’t able to do it throughout the game, and it was in various sequences and a lot of times as well. That’s what we have to do better, but we didn’t do it and that’s the reality.
on teams weaponising pressure against Arsenal:
That’s an obvious thing. If you are at the top and you have to win, you have to win and win and win. That’s nothing new. Everything will be like this from the first game when they play Arsenal.
on picking up the players for the next game:
I think we need to go through the pain, and you need to go through that, looking in the mirror and understanding what the game requires now, and the next action is on Sunday. That’s it. Anything that we say from here today is fine, but we need to keep all that in our tummies to show it on Sunday. That’s what we have to do.
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