Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has revealed that his players were angry following a 3-1 pre-season defeat against Real Betis in Dublin. Recall that the Gunners were heavily punished for a series of defensive errors as they suffered a disappointing loss in their summer schedule.
Revealing that his players were visibly frustrated with their own defensive lapses during the match, Arteta disclosed that he was happy to see how disappointed they were with the result.
Mikel added that he was quietly pleased with the passionate reaction from his squad.
His words, “Very upset, given a hard time. They are fuming, but this is good. That’s what we need. Well, the important part is to win it and we didn’t manage to win it, so disappointed obviously for the result. It’s true we used 25 players, so you need to give a bit of context to the game.
In the first half, with more starters, two very different things, how we played and how we competed, because we had some fantastic moments in the time we played.
The way we competed especially in and around our box in a number of standards that we are used to, so there are things to improve obviously, some positives to take from the game and then a bad result sometimes it’s good to create even more fire in the belly.”
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