Arteta: Our Loss To Manchester United Was Our Best Performance

Monday 24 November 2014

Arteta: Our Loss To Manchester United Was Our Best Performance

According To Arsenal Captain, Mikel Arteta, The Gunners produced their best performance so far this season against Manchester United.

United were 2-1 winners at the Emirates Stadium to move above Arsene Wenger’s side in the Premier League table on Saturday and condemn the Gunners to their worst start to a season for 32 years.

“I’m shocked,” Arteta told reporters. “I think we played our best game this season – the quality in the way we attacked, how we won the ball back, how consistent we were throughout, the amount of chances we created. When you are in the box and you can’t manage to score in that many situations, you can’t expect to win. It’s not fair for the players and the fans. How can I explain the result? I can’t. I am shocked and frustrated because we did not deserve this result considering the opposition we were playing against. I can only put it down to bad luck on the first goal which totally changed the game, at a time when we were absolutely controlling and hammering United. After they took the lead we had to take more risks to try to get back into the game and United have the players up front to cause you problems at any time.

But I feel so sorry for the lads and for our supporters because they were terrific and I don’t think we deserved this result.”

Arsenal are looking forward to their champions league clash with Dortmund as they look to secure qualification to the next round and Arteta and his teammates have to put their loss to Manchester United behind them.