DBasia.news – Arsenal were beaten by Manchester City in the 2019-2020 Premiere League season with a score of 0-3 at the Etihad Stadium on Thursday (6/18). The manager, Mikel Arteta admitted the match was difficult for his squad.
Specifically, Arteta said, his team actually began to have trouble when losing Granit Xhaka due to injury in the eighth minute. Conditions were even more difficult when Man City managed to score at the end of the first half due to individual errors and goals via penalty kick at the start of the second half.
“All these conditions make us feel like climbing a very high mountain, moreover facing a team with qualities like Manchester City,” Arteta said as quoted on the club’s official website on Thursday (7/18).
For this result, Arsenal were increasingly getting away from the top four positions in the Premiere League standings. The Gunners were thrown to the ninth place of the standings after only picked 40 points from 29 matches. The Gunners are eight points adrift of Chelsea, who sit in fourth.
“Therefore, we must be able to win again immediately. With injuries suffered by a number of players, we must make an assessment to be able to fill the starting line-up in the next fight,“ he concluded.