Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta, chatting with BBC Sport: “We now have to congratulate Southampton. They’re in Wembley, we’re not.
“We did not handle the lengthy balls effectively sufficient. We simply let the ball by means of us. Troublesome to elucidate however credit score to them.
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On how he picks his gamers up: “They’ve already carried out it within the dressing room.”
On Gabriel’s harm: “He could not proceed so now we have to evaluate him.”
On if the likes of Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka will return for the Champions League: “I hope we are able to get better some gamers we’re lacking.”
On back-to-back defeats: “Within the season you must undergo durations. A few of them are troublesome for no matter motive. Now now we have two very disappointing outcomes and now we have to select ourselves up. Now now we have to indicate what we’re made from and the way in which to try this is on the pitch and never right here.”
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On how he retains out the surface noise: “It is at all times been like this from the start of the season when the expectations in your staff are so excessive. That is what you must anticipate and reside with in a pure means. No person goes to set the calls for and requirements larger than us that is for certain.”
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Arsenal have misplaced back-to-back video games in all competitions for the primary time this season, whereas it is the primary time they have been knocked out of the FA Cup by a staff from a decrease division since 2021-22 since shedding to Nottingham Forest within the third spherical.
The Gunners conceded 2 or extra objectives towards a staff from a decrease division for the primary time since shedding 4-2 towards Forest within the FA Cup in January 2018.
Viktor Gyokeres has scored 17 objectives in all competitions this season, essentially the most by a participant of their debut marketing campaign for Arsenal since Alexandre Lacazette in 2017-18 (17). The final participant to attain extra of their first season for the Gunners was Alexis Sanchez in 2014-15 (25).