Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said the 3-0 home defeat the team faced when Liverpool outclassed them in the Premier League on Saturday "shocked" him.
Liverpool seemed untouchable and the two second-half goals by Diogo Jota and one by Mohamed Salah gave them the opening for the victory.
Arsenal moved to the ninth spot, leaving Arteta with much to ponder after his 50th league game in charge gave him a major disappointment.
He said, “We completely deserved to lose the game. They were better in every department and deserved to win the game with the margin they had, or even more. I accept responsibility for the way we played today. It is my fault. I have to set the team up to perform in a different way and that is it. At the moment I am in shock."
“I didn’t expect that because of the way the team trained. It is a challenge. A challenge brings an opportunity. If you have courage and you represent a club like this, you have to stand up and take it,” the Spaniards added.
Even though Arsenal have improved defensively under Arsenal have improved defensively under him, Arteta has a task of boosting a team that has weak attacking flair as it was visible in the match between them and Liverpool.
“I don’t know if it was the worst but probably one of the worst. We gave every ball away we could not put three passes together. There were too many simple things not done right. The basics weren’t there today," Arteta said as he reflected on the performance.
He added, “We want to apologise, to our people and our fans. This is nowhere near what we want and we have to do better.”
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