Arteta reaction to Arsenal's comeback 2-2 at Liverpool

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Arteta reaction to Arsenal's comeback 2-2 at Liverpool    11/05/2025  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00You said to TV in the first half, what part was unacceptable to you?

00:07A lot of parts, especially defending the standards that we had

00:11and the areas that after we give the ball away,

00:13which is totally prohibited against this team.

00:16So, very far off it, really upset, yeah, we had a reaction.

00:21I hate reaction, I like action and especially we want to be there winning trophies.

00:26It's going to be a moment that you win it or you don't,

00:29and when you don't, you have to play another one that you have been working for nine months

00:34and that's here today.

00:35If you cannot win it, you have to be the best of the rest.

00:38I was really, really upset.

00:41Does that make up for Mikel, the reaction, does that make up for it?

00:47I think it makes it worse because you miss half of the team,

00:51again, and we've done it for nine months,

00:53and you're going to still, after 2-0 at Anfield, that any other team will do what we do,

00:57we play the way that we play, come back, maybe should have won it

01:00and at the end maybe lose it, again, for something that was in our hands, for sure,

01:05and having to play for the sixth time in the season with ten men.

01:09So, you want to really win it, the consistency level for 95 minutes,

01:13and I don't like to talk about the plays that are not here and the excuses.

01:17Disappointed.

01:18Disappointed.

01:19Did they send it off?

01:21I haven't seen it on TV, to be fair.

01:24I know that Mikel goes to the ball and he gets a little bit pushed

01:27and after it reacts it looks like he touches him and he made the decision.

01:31So, that's it.

01:32I know you don't want to talk about the players who aren't here,

01:36but you are running out of players a bit now.

01:38I know, but if that happens after 70, 80, 90 minutes, I understand.

01:43So, it's 25 minutes and certain things that we haven't done,

01:47the ball goes out of play, we don't react.

01:49That's after one minute, five, ten and 95, especially if you want to win at upfield.

01:53Because, you know, in one moment you lose the ball or you lose the game, that's it, done.

01:57Is that psychological, do you think?

02:00Because they know it happened on Wednesday, they know they don't want to try it.

02:03But, psychologically, what could happen is maybe it doesn't happen

02:07and after 60, 70, 80, 90 minutes we die because we have players on that pitch today

02:11that shouldn't be on that pitch.

02:14I would understand it more, but when I see that reaction and it's there,

02:19when you need a certain amount of fire, that's on me.

02:24That's my responsibility and what I saw in the first 25 minutes, 30 minutes,

02:28some of the actions, I was killing myself.

02:33Sorry with the words that I use.

02:36Are Bryce and Timber OK?

02:38What's that?

02:39Are Bryce and Timber?

02:40No.

02:41We brought him to see if today he was better,

02:43but he was very clear that he's not fit to play.

02:46I'm going to ask you on that reaction, how did you get that reaction?

02:51Did you have to shout at the half-time, how did you get the change?

02:54Whatever happens in that dressing room, he's going to stay there.

02:57I mean, it couldn't be much worse, you know.

03:00He could be, because this is football, or they could be more effective.

03:04But thankfully, we did in the second half what we are capable of doing.

03:10Understanding as well, a lot of the things that are against us at the moment.

03:14Can I just ask you on that change you did make with Martin going through?

03:17How important do you think that was?

03:19How impressive were you playing in that central role?

03:21Especially when they have such a high line and they are so aggressive with that.

03:25And what Ben did as well.

03:27Because Ben is in a stage where it is.

03:29And the way he tried today and he grew throughout the game was very, very impressive.

03:34And finally, I think Jordan to the...

03:36Just to come back to the second half,

03:38did you want to send a message to Liverpool today?

03:41Or anything that you'll be there fighting next season?

03:43No, I think the message is to ourselves.

03:45I think it has to be about us, the things that we can control.

03:48We can never control what they are able to do or what they can do.

03:52That's it, they want it.

03:53I think they fully deserve to win it.

03:55They've been so consistent and that's it.

03:58And we're going to have to be better, smarter, be with the right availability.

04:03For sure, don't play six times in a season with ten men,

04:05because if that happens, we won't win it next season, for sure.

04:09And learn, a lot of learning.

04:11Peter?

04:12Can I just think about that?

04:13How much encouragement would you take, though?

04:15When they're just sevens, you're still 15 points behind in the league table,

04:19but you didn't look like that today.

04:20Yeah, yeah.

04:21When I look back two times, the game again at home,

04:24I think we should have won it.

04:26Probably, I think we should have won it.

04:27And today, we should have lost it.

04:29And it could have been three or four.

04:30The first 25 minutes, they missed another two big chances as well.

04:34So, it's about the consistency.

04:36And the level, at the highest level, we can compete against any team in the world.

04:39And we have shown that now for the last two, three seasons,

04:43I think against the top six, I think we haven't lost any single game.

04:47So, that tells you, as a team, we are very, very consistent.

04:51We can compete with anybody.

04:52But actually, to win it and win, win, win, win, win,

04:54we're going to need something else.

04:57Apart from availability as well, certain demands.

05:00And make sure that we don't talk about reaction, because I hate that word.

05:04Okay, guys.

05:06Thank you

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