A furious Mikel Arteta tore apart the performance of Arsenal while she continued in the title race after losing 1-0 to West Ham.
The winner of Jarrod Bowen is leaving 50th Premier League goal-WAS enough in the first half to end a Winless Run without four games and to give the Gunners their first defeat in 15 competition matches.
A Liverpool victory against Manchester City on the Etihad would today clearly leave the Reds 11 points at the top -although the Arne Slot team will have played a match more than the North London club.
Arteta said: “(I am) very disappointed. Clearly also very angry.
'Even with all the ball we had and 20 shots, I never had the feeling that we were on the standard and levels we needed.
“We have not reached the levels today and I am very responsible for that, so I am very, very angry.”
When asked whether the result was a product of injuries and not buying a striker in the transfer star of January, he said: 'No, no and I fully refuse because I am talking about the standards of the players and the team we played today Including me.
'And that was not nearly close to the levels that we have to touch to get the chance to win a Premier League. We were very consistent, yes, but football is about what you do today and today, nowhere close by. '
Although Arteta claimed that it was not a matter of wrong team selection.
“I would do the same,” he added.
'But if you lose, you are wrong, the tactics, the intentions, everything. That's what I felt, so I have to do what I feel. Then it's too late. '
Myles Lewis-Skelly was sent for the second time in a month after dragging Mohammed Kudus to the floor on a counterattack in West Ham.
Referee Craig Pawson initially warned the 18-year-old for the incident, but Var Peter Bankes ruled that Lewis-Skelly had denied the Ghanaese a clear goals and the yellow card was upgraded to a red.
A delighted Graham Potter praised the performance of his team.
Potter said: 'Fantastic performance, very disciplined, dedicated, full of effort and intelligence that I thought.
'Of course we play against a fantastic team and you sometimes have to suffer, but the players did well.
“I think it's a very big win for us and a positive day.”
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