Arteta proud of Arsenal despite United exit, says anything can happen in penalty shootout
Mikel Arteta said Arsenal’s 5-3 penalty shootout defeat to Manchester United on Sunday was unbelievable. Because if you look at the performance and what we did. You would think we would have won by a landslide. But the reality is we lost and people will only talk about the results.
However, he said he could not judge his players by the results. Because he loves the players, loves the เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา team, loves what they do. In 1,000 games, there might be a time when they get carried away and make a mistake, and this might be one of those games.
Arteta said: “Sometimes you have to understand these things. It’s part of football and move on quickly because it’s a few days away from the next game which is a big one. It’s part of football. You want everything to go your way but tonight it didn’t because when it comes to penalties anything can happen.
Arteta concluded by saying: “At the end of the day, what I feel is pride in all my players because I couldn’t have asked for more from what they have shown, which is at the end of the day, is whether you can outplay the opposition and put the ball in the net.
As for Gabriel Jesus’ injury, the Gunners manager said there was no progress at the moment, but it didn’t look good. He looked in so much pain that he had to leave the field on a stretcher