Tijjani Reijnders stated it was a “bummer” that conceded at and stated it was not the plan for them to have a document low share of the ball for a crew.
Metropolis had simply 32.8 p.c of possession, in a top-flight match as they drew 1-1 on the on Sunday.
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Reijnders arrange ’s ninth-minute opener they usually fought a rearguard motion till struck within the 93rd minute.
However the summer time signing stated they didn’t need to play like that. He defined: “After all not, we at all times need to have extra ball possession however this recreation needed to be like this. We did fairly nicely defending, did not give away many probabilities and it is a bummer that they scored within the final minute.
“We had a lot much less of the ball than we’re used to however video games may be like this after which you need to be disciplined. Defending in that manner we did very nicely.”
Metropolis ended up taking part in a 5-4-1 formation and Reijnders added: “It is also as a result of they introduced a variety of attacking gamers into their crew so we needed to adapt. We virtually gave nothing away till the final objective. We’re dissatisfied to go dwelling with one level.”
Tijjani Reijnders says Man Metropolis didn’t plan of letting Arsenal have many of the possession on the Emirates Stadium (REUTERS)
The previous AC Milan midfielder believes Metropolis confirmed they’re title contenders, although they’re now eight factors behind league leaders Liverpool.
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He stated: “That is our objective – to play for titles. It was a troublesome week and in the long run we did nicely this week. Everybody is aware of this recreation has one thing extra and right now we needed to point out who was the strongest and go away with the three factors. It was a well-fought battle and we will maintain going from this.”