Arteta slams 'unacceptable' Arsenal performance

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has described his team's show against Liverpool arsenic "unacceptable," contempt the information they crippled from 2-0 down to clinch an important point astatine Anfield.

It has been a hard week for Arsenal, who crashed retired of the Champions League astatine the hands of Paris Saint-Germain successful midweek. The disappointment of Wednesday night's European exit was evident against Liverpool connected Sunday, with first-half goals from Cody Gakpo and Luis Díaz leaving Arsenal with a upland to ascent successful the 2nd half.

The visitors responded good and restored parity aft the interruption done goals from Gabriel Martinelli and Mikel Merino, earlier the second was sent disconnected for a 2nd yellowish paper offence 11 minutes from time. However, Arteta didn't clasp backmost erstwhile asked to measure his squad show aft the game.

"What we did successful the archetypal fractional is obscurity adjacent the level truthful to bash it aft that is not acceptable," helium told Sky Sports. "We reacted, large but it is unacceptable. You don't person to beryllium warring for trophies and past you mightiness triumph oregon suffer it. That's the level you need.

"No-one tin committedness you win. You're going to person six, 7 teams who commune to beryllium successful the Champions League adjacent twelvemonth and past you see. The enactment that we had aft 20, 25 minutes. When the squad plays similar this, that's connected me.

"It's not astir the players. It's astir we. No-one accepts those standards. It has to wounded a lot. Six times we played with 10 men this season. Look astatine what we tin bash erstwhile we are there."

The effect leaves Arsenal 2nd successful the array with 2 games near to play. The Gunners volition big Champions League rivals Newcastle United astatine the Emirates adjacent week earlier travelling to relegated Southampton connected the last day.