A “gutted” Mikel Arteta has stated that Arsenal deserved extra from their draw with Fulham on Saturday, however he admitted the standard displayed by the house aspect at Craven Cottage makes the consequence simpler to just accept.
Defender William Saliba rescued some extent for Arsenal with from a trademark set-piece within the 52nd minute after Raúl Jiménez had opened the scoring for Fulham within the first half.
“Gutted that we did not win it. We absolutely deserved to win it,” Arsenal supervisor Mikel Arteta instructed reporters. “That is the standard of the opposition, so you can not cry about it.”
“We generated all the possibilities however it’s so troublesome to assault.”
Arsenal had 70% possession and Bukayo Saka was denied what absolutely would have been a late winner, however noticed his effort dominated out for offside by the video assistant referee.
“We did virtually every little thing that we needed to do to win it … For millimetres we might have been right here with a very dominant win,” Arteta stated.
“It is by no means sufficient in the event you do not rating three, 4 or 5. In the event that they [opposition sides] play 11 direct balls I need to win 11. We need to win 100%,” he stated.
Fulham have been a thorn in Arsenal’s aspect, getting the higher of them final season with a win at dwelling and a draw on the Emirates.
However Arteta defended his makeshift again line on Sunday when requested if they might have conceded the early objective to Jiménez had injured defender Gabriel Magalhães been out there.
“I can’t promise you with completely different personnel it would not occur. Typically you must reward the opposition,” he stated.
“We needed to change the entire unit. That is it, they [injured players] usually are not out there. We’ve got to answer that, and I am very proud of the best way they did,” he stated, praising defender Jakub Kiwior particularly who stood in for the lacking Gabriel.
The draw meant Arsenal remained third within the desk, two factors behind Chelsea and 6 behind league leaders Liverpool.
