Southampton 2-1 Arsenal: What Arteta said
On if the likes of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka will return for the Champions League: "I hope we can recover some players we are missing." The last player to score more in their first season for the Gunners was Alexis Sanchez in 2014-15 (25).
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, speaking to BBC Sport : "We have to congratulate Southampton. They are in Wembley, we are not. "We didn't manage the long balls well enough.
We just let the ball through us. Difficult to explain but credit to them. On how he picks his players up : "They have already done it in the dressing room.
" On Gabriel's injury : "He couldn't continue so we have to assess him. " On if the likes of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka will return for the Champions League : "I hope we can recover some players we are missing. " On back-to-back defeats : "In the season you have to go through periods.
Some of them are difficult for whatever reason. Now we have two very disappointing results and we have to pick ourselves up. Now we have to show what we are made of and the way to do that is on the pitch and not here.