Arsenal: Arteta discusses future after Everton defeat
An Arsenal analyst reportedly went ‘berserk’ at Mohamed Elneny during the Gunners’ Premier League defeat to Everton on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side continued their awful start to the season at Goodison Park, with the hosts winning courtesy of a Rob Holding own goal and Yerry Mina strike. It means Arsenal are now genuinely in a relegation scrap, currently sitting just four points above the relegation zone.
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Yet while they attempted to spark Elneny into life, the midfielder was unable to make much of a difference before being substituted.
Arteta cut a defensive figure after the match against Everton and insisted Arsenal, for the most part, deserved more points to their name on the Premier League table.
He told talkSPORT: “The first thing we have to do, is the things we can control make them better.
"There are things we haven’t done lately when we’ve played with ten men with situations we generate we don’t score.
“Normally when a team is in this position it is battered every week and it’s not the case.
"We’ve been better than the opponent every single week but we are not winning football matches, so we have to realise that.
“I don’t want to feel sorry for ourselves. It is what it is. It’s the fight we have to take in front of us and the challenge.
"It’s not about so many things that have happened as that’s not going to make us better.
“The group is really disappointed in the way we lost the game because they have real belief we could come here and turn things around tonight and the effort, passion and commitment was without question of a doubt.”
Arteta also admitted he thought his side created more than Everton, adding: "We created more than Everton, for sure.