By Michael Okosi
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admitted that his team were below par in the second half of the Premier league game against Liverpool Thursday night at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners had a fairly decent first half but the second half was lacking the same quality.
For Liverpool, it was the first time in 600 games that they would not have a shot on target against a Premier League opposition.
Arteta spoke to the media in the aftermath of the goalless draw.
At his post match press conference, the onetime Arsenal captain said:
“We know that the margins are very small. I think we have two different halves,” Sky Sports quoted the Spaniard.
“The first one, where we have a lot of domination, created big situations with players almost onside the six-yard box to pick a player up, and we didn’t find the right pass to score the goal.
The former Manchester City assistant manager under Pep Guardiola further added:
“This game needs some magic moments, and at Anfield, [Dominik] Szoboszlai did it, and they won the game, and today it didn’t happen, but you cannot win it, you cannot lose it.
“We have some moments where we have the right positional advantages to really hurt them, and then when we got into these areas, we lacked quality to pick the players.
“We’ve come from a very demanding schedule. The last six games that we’ve played in this Christmas period, and we’ve come out of that in a really strong position.”
Arsenal will face Portsmouth in the FA Cup on Sunday evening.
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