Arsenal boss Arteta on Spurs draw: We conceded two poor goals

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25 Sep 2023 • 8:28 AM MYT
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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admits they feel they dropped two points after their 2-2 draw with Tottenham on Sunday.

Spurs twice came from behind to earn the point from Emirates stadium.

Arteta later said: "We feel like we lost two points. It's true there was a lot of change in the dominance of the game. But especially when we had more control and more dominance in the game and we score the goal, they score straight away.

"And we missed the huge chance we had with Gabriel Jesus, big moments for us. To do that, we still came back into the game, we started quite good, we scored the goal, but straight away we concede. So, emotionally, that was a difficult one to take.

"I thought we struggled for a period 10 or 15 minutes later, we lacked a lot of composure with the ball and we made a basketball game. But I think in the end we pushed, pushed and pushed, but couldn't get the win.

"The hardest thing to do is put the ball in the net. We've done it twice but I think we conceded two really poor goals. At this level they're going to punish you because they've got top players.

"Obviously we are dissapointed with the way we conceded the goals, but of course this is football and you have to live with that."

On Declan Rice's injury, he added: "He looked really uncomfortable with a back issue and we had to take him off.

"These are the things we have to get used to. We did a lot of things today to win the game, but obviously when you make mistakes this game becomes really difficult."