Premier League week 16
Arsenal’s unbeaten streak stopped at 22 matches. The Gunners fell at Southampton who win its first home game this season. The defeat sets Arsenal 11 points behind the leaders, a gap that appears to large to be title contenders.
Southampton won its second game of the season which speaks volume on the embarrassing loss the Gunners suffered today, conceding three goals to a bottom of the table team. The odds of them winning the league have now dropped significantly, as they sit at 1500/1 behind Chelsea, Man U, Tottenham, Liverpool and Man City. If you’re going to be placing any bets on the Gunners for the rest of the season, you may want to make use of Top Football Tipster’s free tips first to help maximise your chances of a win. You can also keep an eye out for their upcoming match previews on Arsenal to get a feel for how they’re shaping up before each match.
Coach Emery comments on the no-show performance:
“We could lose and we lost. In the 90 minutes we had different issues in the first and the second half. In the second half we were better with control in the game and creating more chances than them, controlling the transitions. But with a very small action they scored the goal. Also they deserve it. They played with very big motivation, with the supporters pushing. Our game today was very similar to how we have played before, but the result is different.
But I think they worked very well. It was very good news for Koscielny, a very good performance over 90 minutes. Physically, he could play the 90 minutes. Other players, like Xhaka played very well, and Lichtsteiner also. We conceded not many chances for them, but their efficiency was good. We also had chances to score more than the two goals but we didn’t score. Maybe the difference is this. The control in the game over 90 minutes is more for us than them. We need to continue improving details, because three times we conceded chances.
It’s true we need to improve and concede less chances to the opposition. Only when we analyze this match can we take a more real opinion about the goals we conceded. One reality is we need to improve and concede less. We are scoring a lot, we are second in the table for goals scored, but we have also conceded a lot – at least more than we want for our objective.
Our demands are very big and the level is very high with other teams. If we don’t win, like today, we cannot be in the top four. But other teams are winning. We need to do our way and build up the team in one process. The objective is the top four, but we know it’s not easy as the other teams are at a high level. We need to be very demanding of ourselves, as we are. After 22 matches unbeaten, we didn’t lose but were only in fifth position in the table, because other teams are doing very well.”
