Can you sum up your level of frustration today?
Really big. Really disappointed with the things that happened on the pitch. Obviously the
summary after three games and losing the three of them it doesn’t make it any easier.
I think we started the game really well and took the game the way we wanted. We were really
competitive, but in the first action the ball is wide, we don’t stop the cross, we don’t
deal the runners and defend the box well enough. If you do that here it’s impossible to win
a football match with so many basic things that have to be done better.
After that we concede the second one which I think is a clear punch on Calum Chambers’
face so I don’t know how the goal is allowed. We continue going and after another 20 minutes
Granit gets the red card and we have to play 60 minutes with 10 men against the best team
in the league. So, a very difficult day yeah.
You have a lot of basic problems to iron out but with players going away over the international
how will you be able to do that?
Well we’ll have some players here. Hopefully we can get some players back as well. We missed
some players in recent weeks. Hopefully some of them will be back in decent shape after
the international break. It’s time reflect and to look ourselves in the mirror each of
us and try to change the dynamic straight away, because we need to pick up results.
What would you say to the fans?
To the fans all I can say is thank you so much. We have 3,000 fans here, they were absolutely
fantastic and in condition with the team throughout the game. That’s why you saw the reaction
after the game. All the players and myself, we have to do that and say thankyou, because
this doesn’t happen very often in football and we have to value what they’ve done today.
You talk a lot about the process but what do you say to people who say Arsenal are too
big to be bottom of the Premier League?
I don’t think today is the day to talk about any process. Today we have to talk about the
result, what happened on the pitch and that’s it.
Do you still believe you can get results from this group of players?
Yes I do. If not I wouldn’t be sitting here.
You talk of it being time to look in the mirror. Does that include yourself? Do you ever question
yourself or do you still have confidence that the players can do the business for you?
I always said and I will be the one, I’ve been more critical of myself and taking the
blame every single time only when we have defeats. I stand here today and I question
myself and I have to try to have the right people around me and look at every decision
that we make, that I make and try to improve it and change it if we believe that we should
have done something different of course.
Aubameyang told the TV that the players didn’t play with pride and that they need to talk
about that among themselves. How do you feel about that?
Well, if he feels that I completely agree. They are the ones that are on the pitch and
they are the ones who have the feelings no one can have the feelings apart from them.
So if that’s the case that’s good.