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What Arsenal did in dressing room after Wolves loss revealed by Sokratis Papastathopoulos
ARSENAL defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos has revealed the players lost their rags after their defeat to Wolves on Wednesday night.
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The Gunners’ hopes of finishing in the top four suffered a huge blow at Molineux as they were handed a 3-1 loss by Nuno Espirito Santo’s side.
Defeat in the Black Country was Arsenal’s second on the bounce, their first coming at the hands of Crystal Palace last Sunday.
And according to Sokratis, a number of players blew their lids after the final whistle.
“Of course,” the Greek said when asked if the players got angry after the match. “The players like to play Champions League, they like to win but it is not easy.
Wolves was a bad moment for us
“Wolves was a bad moment for us. It was a really bad game from us. The first half, we played very bad.
“All the players take responsibility - we are not stupid. We know that we didn’t play good.
“We cannot change it now so we look forward to the next game.
“We have to win all the games and get nine points and we’ll see if we can be in the top four.”
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Arsenal can still qualify for next season’s Champions League by winning the Europa League.
Unai Emery’s men face Valencia in the semi-finals of the tournament next Wednesday and could face their London rivals Chelsea in the final on May 29.
Sokratis has insisted the team can’t pin their hopes of Champions League football solely on winning the Europa League and said: “We have to be in the best four teams in the Premier League and then after to win also the Europa League.
“We cannot wait only for our one chance. We have two chances and we have to fight for both.”
Arsenal have the opportunity to get back in the win column on Sunday afternoon when they play Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. Sokratis is expecting a tough match against Brendan Rodgers’ side, saying: “It is another difficult game.”