Arsenal vs Aston Villa: Arteta says team were 'below standard'
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been running the rule over young striker Nikolaj Moller during the international break. With the likes of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Thomas Partey and Kieran Tierney the teenager has been training with the first-team.
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“I look at football completely differently now. It used to be playing as a target player, but there is so much more.
“How to run in the box, what to do in situations there and there.”
After the 3-0 loss to Villa, Arteta took full responsibility for the performance of his side.
He said: "I don't feel like we were the team we're supposed to be, we performed below our standards, our ability and I didn't see the spirit for the first time that I have seen every day in training and every day when we compete.
"This is totally my fault, it is why I am here, I am responsible for that, to make sure the team performs and competes at the highest level every three days. Today I haven't done that, so obviously it is my fault.
"It is very tough to find the reasons. I cannot say that I have seen a change or this week they train a different way. I would be lying if I said that.
"Obviously there was something there that [Villa] wanted much more than us and they showed it.
"We need to be more ruthless... Today wasn't about that, it was about how we went about the job and who we were as a team and what we were transmitting as a team.
"I didn't like it from the first whistle, the way we conceded and still got away from the goal with the VAR and afterwards. It's just not good enough."
After the international break Arsenal return to Premier League action against Leeds.