Mikel Arteta reaction — Arsenal boss on FA Cup shock at Southampton, Gabriel injury, squandered chances
Arsenal's trophy hopes are down to two after a stunning 2-1 loss to second-tier side Southampton at St. Mary's on Saturday, and Mikel Arteta said his players failed to "capitalize" and reach the FA Cup semifinal at Wembley Stadium. The Gunners answered Ross Stewart's opening strike through substitute Viktor Gyokeres but found themselves behind again when Shea Charles scored late with a precision strike on a counter attack.
MORE — Southampton v Arsenal recap, video highlights Arsenal lost the League Cup Final to Manchester City but are still in pole position to win the Premier LEague and have a favorable Champions League quarterfinal against Sporting Lisbon beginning this week. Still, this was not the plan for Arteta as his side also saw Gabriel Magalhaes exit with an apparent injury . Mikel Arteta reaction — How did Arsenal boss respond to shocking FA Cup exit at Southampton?
full quotes from football. london How disappointed are you with the team? " Yeah, really disappointed in the manner that we lost the opportunity to get back to Wembley.
I think the game had many, many, many periods of dominance from our side when we generated chances, situations. We didn't capitalize on that enough. " What can be changed about a team that makes but doesn't convert so many chances?
"I love my players. What they have done for nine months. I'm not going to criticise them because we lost a game here in the manner that they tried.