Arsenal were beaten 1-0 at Newcastle, dropping them to fourth in the table, with Mikel Arteta conceding the defeat.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted his side deserved to lose 1-0 to Newcastle in the Premier League on Tuesday.

“We deserved to lose today. I thought we started really well and controlled the game really well. We didn’t defend the box well enough. Credit to them, they scored a really good goal with a good ball. Then the game changes and you start playing a different game. You have to adapt and we didn’t do it well enough. I was really frustrated.”

Arteta’s side generated few chances on an afternoon that marked the first time since May 2022 that they had lost two consecutive away league matches. สมัคร ufabet They were shocked 2-0 by Bournemouth on Oct. 19.

“We deserved to lose today,” Arteta told Premier League Productions. “I thought we started really well and were really dominant. We didn’t defend the box well enough. Credit to them. They scored a great goal with a good ball.

“We got dragged into a game where they were always looking for us. And we couldn’t play the game we wanted to play. And we had two good chances, Mikel had two good chances, Declan had one good chance. We didn’t have an answer.”

Speaking about the defeat, Arteta added: “We can say whatever we want. We will struggle to find words today. We have to play our best every time to give ourselves a chance to win,” Arteta said.