Arsenal recreated the “nightmare” in the London derby, coach Arteta criticized his students for being negligent

Coach Mikel Arteta admitted his disappointment when his players were underpowered on the day Arsenal were defeated by Crystal Palace, causing them to miss their appointment to return to the top 4 and reach a sad milestone in the history of the English Premier League.

Video of Arsenal’s 3 goals against Crystal Palace in the latest match of the 31st round English Premier League (Copyright of clip belongs to K+):

A rather big shock took place this morning (April 5, Vietnam time) at Selhurst Park when the home team Crystal Palace was much underestimated compared to Arsenal, but coach Patrick Vieira’s army was surprised. 3-0 win in round 31 Premier League He thanks to the goals of Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jordan Ayew and Wilfried Zaha.

Arsenal lost to Crystal Palace 0-3

Crystal Palace of coach Patrick Vieira has just had its first victory at home in the tournament English Premier League in 2022 to break the circuit for 5 consecutive matches, only knowing whether to draw or lose when receiving opponents at their “headquarters” this year.

Meanwhile, with Arsenal, they not only missed a good opportunity to reclaim fourth place on the English Premier League table from their great rivals Tottenham Hotspur but also set a dark historical milestone.

This is the 5th time in history that Arsenal have lost in London derbies by a margin of 3 or more goals. Notably, the last time the “Gunners” received such a painful defeat was when they were beaten 3-0 by Crystal Palace still at Selhurst Park in April 2017.

Speaking in the press conference after the last match, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta frankly criticized the weaknesses of the players that led to that heavy defeat.

Coach Mikel Arteta criticized the players for their poor performance

“It was a bad night, especially in the first half. First of all, congratulations to Crystal Palace because they won this game and are in good form, and we don’t seem to be up to the standard. Good condition for today’s race, especially in the first half,” said Arteta.

“We were always behind the opponent in every phase, soft in duels and did not gain the right to dominate the game when playing football. When we had a few chances, we were too sloppy and didn’t have any necessary dominance. We even played disorderly and conceded two goals in a row so poorly.”

“In general, Arsenal played in an unacceptable way. We gave up on the opponent. Sorry fans. Tomorrow will be a new day and a new opportunity for us to prepare better for the match against Brighton (21h, 9/4).

Coach Arteta also revealed the injury situation of Thomas Partey after the Ghanaian central midfielder had to leave the field in the 75th minute of the match against Crystal Palace to make way for junior Sambi Lokonga.

“I don’t know the problem, but he (Partey) feels some problems in the position where he has been injured before and that is a big concern,” Arteta said.

The 40-year-old military leader also denied that Arsenal had just let Tottenham occupy the top 4 position, which had psychologically affected him and his students: “No. We still have one game left to play. We know in our remaining nine games a lot will happen.”

“We have to play well every game. Arsenal will have to play some big battles coming up and have to focus on themselves. The problem we had today was not Spurs, it was the weakness we showed in the first half.”