Arsenal failed to continue their positive run of back-to-back wins as they were beaten 3-1 by Manchester United in week six of the Premier League, leaving them on just five wins so far this season. After the match, the manager Mikel Arteta claimed referee Paul Tierney accepted it was a ‘soft’ foul.
“We can’t do anything now”, emphasized the coach of Arsenal, whose team remains at the top of the Premier League table. “It’s too late. Just be consistent”. “We conceded the first goal. After that, it was all of us. Case by case. Dominating the game. To impose ourselves in the way we want to play. I told the boys at half-time: ‘The game is to dominate. If we play even more courageously, we will win this game.”
We went to 1-1. We conceded a goal (for 2-1). It’s a great lesson. If you want to win here, you have to do everything right,” he continued. Arteta made a triple substitution when Arsenal were trailing 2-1 in the 74th minute, replacing Oleksandr Zinchenko, Sambi Lokonga and Odegaard with a front three. in Fabio Vieira, Eddie Nketiah and Emile Smith Rowe.
The Arsenal manager was criticized for the naivety of these changes, with Sky Sports commentator Gary Neville among those who felt that the introduction of such an attacking trio was a risky play. Arsenal’s team form was in shambles after this and United capitalized to score the third goal. Bruno Fernandes played the ball into their backline for Eriksen, who then crossed for Rashford to score.
