Mikel Arteta said Arsenal “deserve” to feel the “pain” of their defeat to West Ham United as the Gunners suffered a huge blow to their Premier League title hopes.
Arteta and captain Martin Odegaard were adamant that the title is not yet over, with Liverpool heading to Manchester City on Sunday, but the Arsenal boss was scathing of his team’s attacking performance as they fell to a first home defeat of the season.
Arsenal travel to third-placed Nottingham Forest on Wednesday with their title challenge hanging by a thread but Arteta said there is still a long way to go despite the significant setback of losing at home.
Arsenal had failed to seriously test West Ham goalkeeper Alphonse Areola when Aaron Wan-Bissaka ran the length of the pitch and crossed to the unmarked Bowen to score what would the winning goal.
Lewis-Skelly’s red card, for bringing down Mohammed Kudus when he was through on goal, gave Arsenal a mountain to climb and they never looked like scoring.
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