Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta: I'm in shock

The Spanish manager was stunned by his team's hesitant performance against Liverpool.

Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta suffered a great disappointment with a 3-0 defeat to Liverpool.

The team's recent good performance and Liverpool's huge decline probably gave him hope, but what he saw on the court was completely different.

The Spanish manager said he was in shock after the match and urged his players to react. Mikel Arteta spoke to Sky Sports after a 3-0 Liverpool defeat and acknowledged that his opponent was better:

"We totally deserved to lose the match. They were better in each episode and deserved to win the game by the margin they had, even more. Today I accept responsibility for the way we play."

“I don't have to use any excuse that we don't have five or six players. The standards are much higher here, and I have to make them perform at that level. "

"We lost every ball, we couldn't even make three passes in a row. The basics were not on the field today. I'm in shock right now. Considering the training, I didn't expect that."

Arsenal's top four goals are now utterly delusional with their Liverpool defeat. Hopes have run out, but there is still one more way to join the Champions League. Winning the UEFA Europa League.

They will face Slavia Prague in the first match of the quarter final on Thursday, and the Spanish manager expects his players to come to them in that match:

"This match brings a great challenge and an opportunity. If you dare and represent such a club, you should stand up in the next match and get it."