Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers felt they let Arsenal off the hook for Saturday's 1-0 home defeat.
Aspects of the first half were not good enough, according to Rodgers, who felt his side did not display the type of performance that has been evident in recent games, especially in the previous home fixture against Tottenham Hotspur.
We stayed in the game right until the very end," City's manager said. With the ball, they kept it really well. From a defensive perspective, we limited them to few opportunities, but in the first half we were too passive, which surprised me.
Our idea in the last number of weeks has been to be really aggressive in the game. We still had some opportunities but weren't quick enough or technically fast enough when we had it.
The second half was better, there was more aggression, which then allowed us to give them more problems through the field, but when it got to the final third, we couldn't just find that last pass."
Gabriel Martinelli's 46th-minute strike proved to be the difference on Filbert Way, with the manner of the goal frustrating Rodgers, coming right after half-time, having kept the Gunners at bay throughout the first half.
We're disappointed with the goal we gave away," the Northern Irishman explained. We had good control of the ball and we were in a good position to make passes, but we lost it and Martinelli breaks away and scores. That was the defining moment in the game.
Last week, we played really well at Man Utd and then very quickly we were out of the game. We gave ourselves an opportunity right the way through, but they are top of the league for a reason and I thought they showed that.
We always wanted to control the space and the pressure. We knew how they are going to play, a technically top team with speed on the sides and can take the ball in tight spaces with one or two touches, so it was going to be the challenge."