Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta has claimed that his side did not deserve to lose against Liverpool after the Reds defeated the Gunners 1-0 at Anfield earlier today, Softfootball reports.
Dominik Szoboszlai scored the only goal of the game with only eight minutes left when he hit an excellent 30-yard free-kick past David Raya in goal for the North London side. It represented Arsenal’s first defeat in the 2025/26 premier league season.
Speaking to Arsenal’s official club media after the encounter, Arteta was full of praise for his boys as he insists that they deserved something out from the match. He said:
“We’re disappointed with the result, I think we deserved more. I think the team showed a lot of good things throughout the game, a lot of dominance in a place where that is very, very difficult to do. I think we elevated the game to standards that were really high.
“They did it for a period of 15-20 minutes in the second half and then there were no margins so the game was going to be decided whether with an individual error that didn’t happen, or with a magic moment.
“Unfortunately they delivered through Szoboszlai taking an incredible free kick that gave them the game.
“There’s a lot of positives and I think today the result should have been different, very different again. Unfortunately we’ve had a lot of injuries, so hopefully after the break we’re going to be in a better place. The team is giving, I think, very, very quality signs, so we need to keep building on that.”
The Arsenal manager went on to praise Cristhian Mosquera, who made his premier league debut as a substitute for William Saliba after the French man went off injured with an ankle injury.
Arteta explained:
“To play your first game at Anfield when you’ve been thrown on after an injury to Saliba is very, very difficult, so it was phenomenal. I think you have to take that honesty and that personality as well to deliver that, and as we said, with the help of everything, I think he had a really good game.”
Arsenal host Nottingham Forest when the premier league resumes after the International break on September 13.
