DBasia.news – Arsenal must accept the bitter pill when defeated by Aston Villa with a score of 0-1 in the continued 2019-2020 Premiere League on Wednesday (7/22). The Gunners midfielder, Granit Xhaka admitted the defeat was deserved by his team as Mikel Arteta’s squad did not work well.
This defeat made The Gunners certainly finish outside the European competition zone. Arsenal now occupy the 10th position with collection of 53 points.
This result is at once the first since 25 years Arsenal finished outside sixth position. Arsenal also certainly failed to get a European League ticket from the league table but still have a chance for the FA Cup where they penetrate into the final round.
“I think it’s Aston Villa, their struggle, they put everything in each round and in my opinion they deserve three points,” Xhaka said after the match, as reported by the club’s official website.
Xhaka admits Villa is very strong in terms of set piece plus the offense that is often committed by his colleagues in his own defense makes the host have many opportunities.
They are considered to play more aggressively so that they deserve the fight Xhaka added the post against Liverpool and Manchester City did affect the team’s performance.
Fighting both requires a lot of energy. But the Swiss player did not make that an excuse. He asserted his team could not continue to play less well as shown at Villa Park.
According to him, mental play must be improved. Though three points against Villa is very important for Arsenal because the opportunity to enter the European zone is wide open in the last match.
“But now we have to win the FA Cup and we have more pressure. But we will do everything to win the FA Cup now,” he concluded.