Arteta can't imagine such a loss of Arsenal

Arsenal lost at home to West Ham | Photo: AFP

 Arsenal lost for the second time in the last four matches. Mikel Arteta's team missed the chance to climb to the top of the Premier League after losing 2-0 to West Ham at home yesterday. However, the Arsenal coach is more disappointed with the type of loss than the loss. West Ham scored 2 of 6 shots, but Arsenal came away with a clean sheet despite 30 shots.

Arteta was very disappointed and said that he could not think of such a match!

At the Emirates, possession of the ball, passes, shots, shots on target, corners - Arsenal were ahead of West Ham in everything. Bukayo Saka, Eddy Nketia, and Martin Odegaard took a total of 30 shots for the goal while keeping 75 percent possession of the ball and playing 746 passes. 8 of these shots were on target. In addition, Arsenal players touched the ball 77 times in West Ham's D box, but no one saw the goal.

West Ham's second goal was scored by Czech defender Vladimir Kufal, the other by Tomas Sukek | Photo: AFP

According to Opta, a football data storage organization, this is the record for the most touches in the opponent's box by a team that has not scored since the 2008-09 season. The Arsenal coach expressed disappointment at the end of the match after not getting a goal despite creating so many chances, 'When you see how many opportunities were created throughout the match, but this result, you will feel very disappointed. West Ham played better than us in both boxes. 

Scored from two with three shots. We took 30 shots. I don't know how many times we touched (the ball) in the box, how many times we created goals; But in the end, we couldn't. To win matches in football, you have to do better.

Mikel Arteta's side also lost to West Ham after Aston Villa in December | Photo: AFP

Arteta can't accept the fact of not being able to score goals despite playing good football, "We have to create opportunities to score goals. If you don't score in 30 shots, you have to take 50 or 60 shots. This is the only way. I can't believe that after touching the ball so many times in the box, showing dominance, and giving a team as good as West Ham few chances, it wasn't enough for us to win.'

After losing to West Ham in the 19th round, Arsenal now have 40 points and are second in the title race. Liverpool tops with 42 points in equal matches. Aston Villa is third with 39 points from 19 matches and Manchester City is fourth with 37 points from 18 matches.