Arsenal's head coach Mikel Arteta commented on his team's exit from the Europa League last 16. It will be recalled that the Gunners lost to Sporting in a penalty shootout.
Mikel Arteta, Getty Images- It was a very difficult match! Of course, this is a blow to the team. For 75 minutes of the match we did not show our real level. We gave the ball away and had no chance to take control of the game. We had a chance to win the match in extra time. We didn't press the opponent enough, constantly losing or giving the ball away, and this led to an open game that we didn't want to play.
We need to look at ourselves again and understand why we didn't go further. Congratulations to Sporting. Now we have 11 matches left. Our next match is the final, and on Sunday we will play against Crystal Palace. All the work in training will be related exclusively to Crystal Palace," said Mikel Arteta.
