Mikel Arteta accepts criticism for poor form.

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admits his team’s poor performance. And deserves to be blamed in Monday night’s 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace.

The Gunners are unable to regain their fourth place at Spurs after they slipped out of form after Patrick Vieira’s 3-0 thump at Palace in the Premier League. Monday night appointment 

Mikel Arteta said after the game: “We weren’t in the race from the beginning. When you come here, you fight, you have to win one-on-one and the second ball, aggressive, but we have no clue. And the hardest thing is that we played very badly UFABET in possession of the ball”

“We played bad especially in the first half. I have to apologize to the fans. We tried to come back in the second half. We had three or four chances to report but couldn’t. While the odds were half that Palace had. They got a penalty.” 

“It’s time to accept the blame. Raise your hand to confess and sorry. Because this is not good enough performance for this club and we have to respond.”

Arsenal had been in fine form on the road in the Premier League prior to their trip to south London on Monday.

“Congratulations to Palace for the game they played but we made it impossible for ourselves with the way we competed,” Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta told Sky Sports.