Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta was unimpressed together with his facet’s play in possession throughout their 1-0 win at arch-rivals Tottenham within the Premier League on Sunday.
Gabriel’s Sixty fourth-minute header determined the primary north London derby of the season and condemned Spurs to consecutive defeats regardless of the hosts having 62% of play.
“We weren’t our greatest with the ball right now,” Arteta informed Sky Sports activities after the guests prolonged their unbeaten run within the fixture to 5 matches, successful 4 of these video games.
“We did a whole lot of easy issues mistaken that didn’t permit us to have that continuity. They leap and press each single ball, which makes it tough. The way in which we defended was so sturdy.”
Gabriel opens the scoring within the derby for Arsenal! 💥 pic.twitter.com/AHd09uxOUW
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Tottenham vs Arsenal: Gunners ‘uncovered’
“We wish to play a distinct recreation, particularly with out the ball in several areas of the pitch,” added Arteta. “However [Spurs] have a tough construction to match up towards. We have been uncovered.”
Within the absence of Declan Rice by way of suspension and fellow midfielder Martin Odegaard by way of damage, Gabriel nodded in Bukayo Saka’s nook to ship Arsenal two factors behind leaders Manchester Metropolis.
Arsenal’s 23 objectives from set items because the begin of final season is essentially the most of any Premier League staff and as many as Spurs have conceded from useless balls throughout the identical interval, with solely Nottingham Forest having a worse report.
“We should always have achieved extra within the first half however we knew we have been a bit menace on set performs and we knew we may harm them,” stated Areta.
“They create an unbelievable environment. We knew it could be a troublesome match and the resilience we confirmed made it simpler.”
“I’m so comfortable for this man” 🙌
Nothing however love from Jorginho for match-winner Gabriel 🇮🇹🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/s4f9y1xsOT
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“It’s an actual praise to the staff. Any participant in any space of the pitch is able to do what lots of people name ‘the ugly issues’.
“They get pleasure from doing that a part of the sport. Then you definitely begin to be a whole staff, to win in any context. I’m delighted as a result of the staff, over a season, has to go over a whole lot of hurdles.”
Arsenal present squad power
“It was tough as a result of now we have misplaced a whole lot of necessary gamers for us,” noticed Arteta. “Those that waited for the possibility educated and behaved in the precise method. That is the outcome.”
Arteta stated he didn’t have an replace on captain Odegaard, who suffered an ankle damage with Norway, or Saka, who went down and was unable to proceed late on on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
