Mikel Arteta was left “very, very angry” after the title of Arsenal was dented after their defeat against West Ham.
Arsenal had the chance to close the gap to Liverpool to five points with a victory over the Hammers, but instead fell to a 1-0 defeat thanks to the first half of Jarrod Bowen.
Their misery was later aggravated by a straight red card for Myles Lewis-Skelly, who made a lunging last-man challenge in the second half.
It ended an unbeaten line of 15 games in the Premier League for Arsenal, who had difficulty creating clear opportunities despite the fact that he had 20 shots in the game.
They only succeeded in two efforts, the same as West Ham, and improved the expected goals of their opponents (XG) by 1.22 to 1.07.
“Although the [possession] That we had and 20 shots, I never had the feeling that we were on the standard and the level we needed, “said Arteta.
“First of all, to have more threat and not allow to run because we lost many balls that we have let West Ham run in very dangerous positions.
“We have to be [angry]. I hope we are very bad because we have not reached the levels today, and I am very responsible for that, so I am very, very angry. “
Liverpool could expand their lead at the top of the Premier League to 11 points if they defeated Manchester City on Sunday and have a chance of 91.7% to win the title according to the OPTA -SUPERCOMPUTER.
Arsenal's hope to get hold of the trophy, meanwhile, has now fallen to 8.2%, with the second place their most likely finish position (83.2%).
Pushed further whether the title race was over when Liverpool City defeated, Arteta added: “It's not in our hands.
“For me I am really, very irritated about the things that are in our hands, and we did not do that as well as we could and that is the performance and the result today.”
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