Arteta apologises for Arsenal’s ‘unacceptable’ performance at Palace

Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta apologised for his group’s “unacceptable” efficiency in Monday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Crystal Palace.

Arsenal’s hopes of securing a top-four end suffered a blow after they slipped to fifth, a spot beneath Tottenham Hotspur, who’ve performed a sport extra.

“We weren’t at the races today, especially in the first half,” Arteta informed reporters. “We had been late to each ball, tender within the duels and didn’t earn the best to play.

“When we did somewhat bit we had been sloppy on the ball and we didn’t have any dominance, any sequences of play the place we might take some management of the sport and we conceded two poor targets.

“Overall it’s unacceptable, we put our hands up, apologise, regroup.”

Arteta stated that they had talked concerning the significance of profitable the person battles.

“We discussed it just before kick-off, the way you win here is when you compete the way you should,” he added. “That means you win duels, have a presence and the composure on the pitch to handle sure conditions.

“They are a really physical team and the pitch is not the best to do that so you have to find a way to do other things that usually you don’t have to do. We didn’t manage to do that.”

Arteta stated defender Kieran Tierney would see a specialist on Tuesday for his knee harm, which stored him out the sport.

“The feeling that he had wasn’t positive and what the scans showed either. But we have to wait and see what happens,” Arteta stated.

(Reporting by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)