"We have to focus on ourselves and certain standards that today, particularly individually, we didn't reach."
"The effort was absolutely there. We have to use that pain to go again. That's football. The consistency levels we have shown with everything that's happened with us has been incredible. We didn't have the dominance; we allowed open spaces. We gave two balls away that could have cost us the game before the actual goal. And then we don't score the chance when Declan [Rice] puts the ball across to Noni [Madueke] and Viktor [Gyokeres]. We don't score, goal-kick long, second ball, clear the ball, an individual action, a lot of chaos in the box, and you end up losing it. So it is painful."
Arsenal lost 2-1 to Aston Villa after Emiliano Buendia scored in stoppage time at 94:03, the second-latest winning goal against Arsenal since 2006-07. Matty Cash opened the scoring before Leandro Trossard levelled for Arsenal. Mikel Arteta called the defeat painful while praising the players' effort but saying individual standards and overall quality were below their usual level. Arsenal conceded space, gave away two dangerous passes, and failed to convert a clear chance from Declan Rice's cross. The loss was Arsenal's sixth Premier League defeat to Villa under Arteta. Arsenal face Club Brugge next in the Champions League.
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