Mikel Arteta has called on his arsenal to 'charge' after the 'painful' loss against Newcastle, which picked up their Carabao Cup -Hoop on Wednesday evening.
The Gunners traveled to St James' Park with a view to destroying the 2-0 deficit of the first stage of their semi-final, which improved the hosts at the Emirates last month.
But within a few minutes the visitors were on the back foot, and although the fourth-minute goal of Alexander Isak was later excluded from offside, it was not long before the Magpies took over control of the home base.
Jacob Murphy scored in the 19th minute and Anthony Gordon confirmed the place of Eddie Howe in the Wembley -Final – where they will meet Liverpool or Tottenham in March.
Only a few days after their thrashing of Manchester City with 5-1, the players of Arteta are forced to take stock after they have lost 4-0, their waiting for a domestic trophy that rolls further.
And Arteta wanted to see his side in the fullness of the defeat during their free time with the team set to travel to Dubai for training for warm weather, while Premier League rivals play their FA Cup fourth round races.
“We have to swallow this, it's a difficult one,” said Arteta after full -time. “We had many expectations.
'We knew the difficulty of the task because of the result we brought from London. But there is nothing we can do now.
'What we could do was on the field a few minutes ago, now we have to look ahead. First of all, I think this will be a painful one.
“While we are in Dubai, charging and we go again because we still have a lot to play (before).”
Arsenal was beaten out of the FA Cup in their first game of the season and fell on Manchester United on penalties at the Emirates.
But their hope in Europe remains alive after the party automatically qualified for a place in the knockout phases.
By avoiding the play-offs of the European top flight, Arteta can also postpone a delay on the heels of a busy winter, so that they have played 12 times in 41 days.
Faint Hoop in the competition is also not completely extinguished after their important victory against the men of Pep Guardiola, with Arsenal now six points running out of leaders Liverpool – although the Reds have a match in hand.
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