Arteta feels very disappointed not to win the game

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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta feels very disappointed not to win the game following a 0-0 draw against Everton  14/12/2024  Emirates, London, UK

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00:00Have you seen the penalty?

00:01I haven't seen it, so I cannot comment on that.

00:05Overall, how do you feel about the game? First half you had some decent chances and won a

00:11very good one early in the second, but then it kind of petered out and you struggled.

00:15How do you feel about your attacking out today?

00:17Well, I feel very disappointed not to win the game because obviously if there is a team

00:21that deserves to win, there is only one, which is Arsenal. We did nothing, we gave nothing

00:26away. No shots conceded, dominated, direct play, don't allow them to run, no set-pieces,

00:32high press, excellent. We have to try to be excellent. We got them there, we generated

00:37the chances, but the last 20 metres it was easy to score goals, which is what you have

00:42to do with all the dominance because we have never been able to dominate it that way.

00:48But at the end, you have to try to generate the highest winning probability. We certainly

00:52have done that. Now that you draw the game, you want more. Even if we win it, we always

00:58want more. But I cannot ask much more to the boys apart from putting the ball in the net.

01:03Can you talk us through the substitutions? Because it's not after you take Martin off

01:08Rodolfo when you make a goal.

01:11Well, with Declan I had to take him off because he was feeling something and with Martin it

01:16was a tactical decision to try to change the rhythm, especially on that side.

01:21So it wasn't a fitness issue at all?

01:22No, no, no.

01:24Clive Fogelman, were the players aware at half-time of the Liverpool score and the fact

01:29that they were favourites?

01:30I don't know. I wasn't, so I don't know.

01:32And having seen the Liverpool score now, does it feel like even more of a disappointment

01:37to have dropped points here?

01:39I'm very disappointed because when you do what we've done today against them, you have

01:43to win the game. But at the end, this is football, it's the hardest thing, those last 20, 25

01:50minutes to do what we have to do. Credit to them as well, how they block shots, to pick

01:54for the saves that he's made, the way they defend, how they decide that they defend with.

01:59But, honestly, it's difficult to ask something else to the team. OK, individually can we

02:06do things a little bit better and deliver more quality and deliver the magic moment

02:10in that case that is necessary? Yes, but that's something that is not easy.

02:16Are those magic moments coachable?

02:19That's difficult.

02:21What kind of thing can you do to create them?

02:23At the end you need the spark and you need to be precise. We had the chances. This could

02:28have been 2-3-0 and nobody's talking about it. Reality is 0-0 and they're not going to

02:34talk about all the incredible things that the team did in the game. Certainly it's not

02:39energy. When I see my team track back, it's unbelievable. Every three days, 17 metres,

02:44all the team is going there. So it's very difficult to ask them something else because

02:48they won it.

02:50There were a few moments in the second half when you seemed to be demanding more from

02:54the fans behind you. You didn't seem particularly happy from what we could see. What was going

02:59on?

03:00No, what it is is that we have to manage the frustration and the time because if we start

03:04to speed up the game when there is no room to speed it up and we start to rush the game

03:09and we need to understand that we start to force, to make mistakes and to lose the grip

03:15of the game. We have to stay very far away from that game.

03:19The fans need to understand that too and not express it.

03:22No, I cannot ask the fans to understand. I'm telling you what my feeling is.

03:29On Odegaard, I know you said it's tactical but maybe some people are surprised taking

03:33off your main creator. Do you feel like the lack of chances in the last 20-30 minutes

03:37could have cleared him out?

03:39I understand. If Ethan comes in, he scores the goal, he's a great sub. If he doesn't,

03:44you have taken your captain out. That's football.

03:50What was Martin's reaction to coming off?

03:56The same reaction as Martinelli. I'm sure they want to continue to play the 90 minutes

04:01but that's why we have the subs, to try to help the team.

04:03Just on Dec, is there any idea what the issue exactly is and how bad it is?

04:07No, he's been with a little niggle for the last week or so and he asked to be subbed

04:12in that moment so we have to do it.

04:16You haven't scored from open play in the Premier League. How much of a concern is that?

04:22In the Premier League? Yes. We scored three from open play three days ago.

04:30Are you worried if that continues it might impact how you get on?

04:34It won't continue, we'll score goals. If we have the chances like we have done today

04:39again, I'm sure we will score. The problem is that if we don't.

04:45With Miles' boost, what are your plans on developing a talent like him?

04:51Giving chances and if he keeps grabbing them like the way he's done today again,

04:56because I think he was really good, he will continue to have chances because he deserves them.

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