Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta confirmed that the Gunners deserved no more than a point against Brighton, in the match that ended in a goalless draw, at Falmer Stadium, in the seventh round of the English Premier League competition for the current season.
“I think it was a point earned because I don’t think we deserve anything more,” Arteta said, in comments after the end of the match.“.
He added, “We struggled to get out of their pressure, man to man, from the start, and we lost a lot of duos that cost us attacking the empty spaces in their defense.”
He continued: “I am not at all happy with the result of the equalizer, we performed a good defensive performance in the last 15-20 meters from the field, but overall we failed to get out of the opposition’s pressure.”
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