One Arsenal player takes full responsibility for defeat against Newcastle

One Arsenal star surprisingly took full responsibility for the 1-0 defeat against Newcastle at St James’s Park on Saturday

Arsenal have now gone three Premier League games without a victory following their defeat at St James’s Park this afternoon. The Gunners were looking to bounce back following dropped points against Bournemouth and Liverpool, however it wasn’t to be as Alexander Isak scored the only goal of the game.

William Saliba’s red card against Bournemouth contributed to the start of Arsenal’s poor run over the last three games. The Frenchman returned from suspension today, after missing the game against Liverpool last week.

William Saliba admitted it’s going to take him some time to get back to his best level, following the defeat against Newcastle today: “We are all a bit sad because we wanted to win today. Unfortunately we didn’t and we didn’t play the game we wanted to play.

“We deserved to lose today I think. I think we didn’t play how we wanted to play and they were good as well. It’s OK, we are focused on the next week and it is not finished.

“I think it’s a good goal, a really good cross and good finishing but we can always do better. Today they scored early and we were not able to equalise.

“We have to stick together. Last season we had one period like and we need to stay together and have the confidence to get out. We all believe we will come back. I have to be better than my last game. I was not so good. I have to be back at my good level. After I will be good we will better but I have to work to get back to my best level.”

Mikel Arteta echoed the Frenchman’s thoughts as he agreed his side didn’t do enough to win the game: “We deserved to lose today. I thought we started really well and were really dominant. We didn’t defend the box well enough. Credit to them. They scored a great goal with a good ball. Then the game changes and you start to play a different game.”

“You have to adapt and we didn’t do that well enough. I am very frustrated. We got dragged into a game they are looking for constantly and we couldn’t play the game that we wanted. We had two big chances – Mikel had a big one, Declan had a big one. We lacked answers.

“We can say whatever we want. We will struggle to find the words today. We have to show it on the pitch on Wednesday night. You have to be at your best every time to give yourself a chance to win.”