08/11/2025
Arteta on losing the clean sheet record: “Yeah, of course it hurts, especially when it costs you points. We know that we have to do better and even though we're conceding goals, there are things that we have to improve and evolve. I always mention that and that's it. Learn from the past and get better.”
Arteta: “Obviously, the last feeling is disappointment and frustration because we wanted the three points, and we have to navigate through a really tough game.
“We knew that it was very disruptive. We have to deal with situations, obviously, that are difficult to deal with. They do it really well. We conceded a goal that is not in our standards, but after that, the team reacted really well, showed a lot of personality and courage, scored the first goal, scored the second goal.
“We have totally dominated the game. You have to rely on defending the box when they start to commit six or seven players there. It can be from a direct play, it can be from a throw-in, it can be from any situation.
“We can defend the action better, and today we haven't done it. We conceded the goal, and in the last minutes, we have another massive chance with Ricci [Calafiori] and Mikel [Merino] to win it, which I think we deserve to do.
“ It didn't happen, but I think it shows what we've done in the last ten games, winning them in the manner that we've done it, with clean sheets and missing seven players in the front line. It shows you how difficult it is.”
Arteta on getting injured players back: “Yeah, we have seven injured players, especially on the front line, so we were very limited with the options that we had. But this is the season as well; you're going to go through those periods. Those players have been with us for the last two months, and we've still done really, really well, so big credit to the team.”