Viktor Gyokeres said he was desperately ‘upset’ to lose to Aston Villa – but felt the variety of probabilities Arsenal created within the match must be considered a ‘positive’.
The Gunners managed to tug themselves back into Saturday’s contest after Leandro Trossard struck shortly after half-time to cancel out Matty Money’s Thirty sixth-minute effort.
However the impressive Emiliano Buendia angled the ball past David Raya within the fifth minute of stoppage time to send the Villa Park crowd into raptures and provides the hosts their seventh straight win in all competitions.
The result ensured Villa moved to inside three points of Premier League leaders Arsenal, with Manchester City one point higher off than Unai Emery’s side within the table in second.
Arsenal, who’ve sat top of the pile since beating West Ham back in early October, will look to return to winning ways once they return to motion at home to lowly Wolves next weekend.
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Mikel Arteta’s men have a chance to reply in midweek, though, once they travel to Belgium to tackle Club Brugge within the Champions League.
‘We’re after all upset with the result,’ Gyokeres, who replaced Mikel Merino on the halfway stage, said of Arsenal’s first defeat since August.
‘It’s not an important feeling straight away, however it’s only December and there are plenty of games to play.
‘You possibly can at all times find some positives, however it’s still a really difficult technique to lose a football game.
‘It’s tough straight away, but we’ll stay up for the following one soon.’
The visitors enjoyed 53 per cent of the possession at Villa Park and had nine shots heading in the right direction – in comparison with Villa’s six – against their former goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.
‘We’ve got to maintain creating probabilities and get shots on goal because then you definitely’ll eventually rating more goals,’ Gyokeres continued.
‘So yes, that’s after all a positive and we just must do things in between also a bit higher.
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‘It’s football. In case you rating in the previous few seconds or minutes, that’s an unbelievable feeling, so it goes each ways.
‘Today, unfortunately, it was the opposite way. It’s tough, but you learn from it.
‘If we give attention to what we are able to control and do in our favour and give attention to the following game, we’ll be higher, I believe.’
Speaking shortly after the ultimate whistle, Arsenal head coach Arteta insisted Villa must be deemed contenders within the race for the Premier League title.
‘They’re,’ the Spaniard told reporters.
‘If you take a look at where they’re, the way in which they play, they’ve beaten some big teams, especially at home.
‘Everybody goes to need to play everybody, so in the mean time they’re where they’re and we’re there as well.’
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