Mikel Arteta was left “very, very offended” after Arsenal’s title hopes have been dented following their defeat to West Ham.
Arsenal had the possibility to shut the hole to Liverpool to 5 factors with a win over the Hammers however as a substitute fell to a 1-0 defeat because of Jarrod Bowen’s first-half purpose.
Their distress was then later compounded by a straight crimson card for Myles Lewis-Skelly, who made a lunging last-man problem within the second half.
It ended a 15-match unbeaten streak within the Premier League for Arsenal, who struggled to create clear-cut possibilities regardless of having 20 photographs within the match.
They solely managed two efforts heading in the right direction, the identical as West Ham, and bettered their opponents’ anticipated objectives (xG) with 1.22 to 1.07.
“Although the [possession] that we had and 20 photographs, I by no means felt that we have been at the usual and the extent that we wanted,” Arteta stated.
“To start with, to have extra risk after which to not permit them to run as a result of we misplaced a number of balls that we allowed West Ham to run in very harmful positions.
“We now have to be [angry]. I hope we’re very a lot as a result of we didn’t hit the degrees immediately, and I’m very a lot accountable of that, so I’m very, very offended.”
Liverpool might prolong their lead on the prime of the Premier League to 11 factors in the event that they beat Manchester Metropolis on Sunday and have a 91.7% likelihood of successful the title in response to the Opta supercomputer.
Arsenal’s hopes of getting their arms on the trophy, in the meantime, have now dropped to eight.2%, with second place their most certainly ending place (83.2%).
Pushed on whether or not the title race was over if Liverpool beat Metropolis, Arteta added: “It’s not in our arms.
“For me, I’m actually, actually aggravated concerning the issues which might be in our arms, and we didn’t do in addition to we probably might and that’s the efficiency and the consequence immediately.”
