Mikel Arteta, Getty Images December 6, 2025, 9:00 p.m

The head coach of London Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, summed up the results of the lost match against Aston Villa (1:2) in the 15th round of the Premier League. His words are quoted by the BBC.

“It is difficult to accept such an ending. We had moments in the first half. They had the best chance, but I think there was a foul on Ricky Calafiora. After that we started to control the game and had some good chances. But you always go around the edge if you don’t have the ball well. In the first half, it didn’t work out very well for us.

We started very well in the second half. We scored a goal, started to dominate. But then we had periods when the same problem arose: we did not dominate, we left free areas. “We gave the ball away to the opposition twice, which could have cost us the result even before they scored the second,” Arteta said.