Арсенал Славия Прагаг 2-1-ээр хожиж, энэ улирлын Аваргуудын лигт ялагдалгүй цувралаа үргэлжлүүллээ.
Нони Мадуэке эхний үед гоол оруулж, завсарлагааны өмнө Виктор Дьёкереш өнцөг багатай байрлалаас тооны харьцааг 2-0 болгосон юм. Харин хоёрдугаар үед Славия Прага хаалга руу чиглэсэн 17 цохилт гүйцэтгэж, 90 дэх минутад Виктор Новак гоолдсоноор зөрүүг нэг болгосон ч Арсенал хожлоо хадгалж, гурван оноо авлаа.
Микель Артета тоглолтын дараа ТНТ Спортст өгсөн ярилцлагадаа багийнхаа нягт хуваарийг дурдсан ч тоглолтын стандарт илүү өндөр байх ёстойг онцолжээ. Арсенал улирал эхэлснээс хойш 11 дэх айлын тоглолтоо хийж, сүүлийн долоо хоногт бүх тэмцээнд гурав дахь удаагаа зочлон тоглосон бөгөөд өнгөрсөн лхагва гарагт Лигийн цомд Флитвуд Таунд хожигдохдоо бүрэлдэхүүнээ ихээхэн өөрчилсөн байв.
Артета эхний үед баг нь хэмнэл, эрч хүч, чанар, тоглолтын тодорхой байдлаараа өндөр түвшинд тоглож, хоёр гоол оруулсан ч илүү олон гоол хийх боломжтой байсныг хэлэв. Харин хоёрдугаар үеийн тоглолт багийнх нь хүлээлт, үндсэн шаардлагаас хол байсныг шүүмжилж, хоёр үеэс хоёулангаас нь суралцах хэрэгтэй гэж мэдэгджээ.
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Arsenal extended their unbeaten record in this season’s Champions League by defeating Slavia Prague 2-1 in the Czech capital – but head coach Mikel Arteta wasn’t particularly pleased in his post-match interview.
Noni Madueke gave the Gunners the lead during the first half by rolling the ball into the bottom corner of the net, before Viktor Gyokeres made it two before the half-time interval with a finish from a tight angle.
But Arsenal couldn’t put the game completely beyond the hosts, who had 17 shots on goal in the second half, and Slavia made it 2-1 in the 90th minute through Wiktor Novak. And while the Gunners managed to hold on in Prague for a vital three points, Arteta’s reaction to the victory spoke volumes – and indirectly sent a message to the rest of the Premier League in the process.
Mikel Arteta reacts to Arsenal win vs Slavia Prague
During his post-match interview with TNT Sports, Arteta acknowledged Arsenal’s busy fixture schedule – this was their third away game in all competitions over the last seven days, though they fielded a much-changed team for last Wednesday’s Carabao Cup defeat to Fleetwood Town – but said that standards had to be ‘higher’.
“I mean, I value what the team has done. It is 11 away games now, and we are in very early November,” Arteta said. “It is the third away game that we played in the last seven days. I understand that. But our standards should be higher.”
He expanded further on those comments in his post-match media conference: “First of all, you have to value the fact that it is very difficult to win away from home. We’ve done it against a really tough opponent, as we expected.
“Two different halves. The first one, we played at a really high level, in terms of tempo, intensity, quality and clarity. We were very efficient, scored two goals. It should have been three, four, five. At half-time the message was clear – there is still a lot to do in this game.
“Right from the beginning, we were extremely far from our standards. Everything that we have to do, in basics, in every concept, and in everything that we discussed to avoid, [that was] the game that we played in the second half. So very far from the standards which we expect from each other, but in the end we found a way to hold on to the result and win the game.
“That is a huge learning. To learn from the first half, and what we are capable of doing. And learn from the second half.”
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