Arteta wants League Cup defeat to spur Arsenal on | OneFootball

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta on Friday urged his players to use the defeat in the English League Cup final as “fuel” for the rest of the season, with the ‘Gunners’ fighting for the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League titles.

The team leads the Premier League by nine points over Manchester City, which beat them 2-0 in the League Cup final at Wembley.

This Saturday, Arsenal visit second-division side Southampton in the FA Cup quarter-finals. Next Wednesday, their opponent will be Sporting Lisbon in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

“When you fail to win that final, what you need to take from it is: ‘OK, how is this going to make us stronger for the final stretch of the season?’” Arteta said.

“That has been the mindset and the only work we have done in recent days: to use this as fuel, as a tool, so we can give the final push we want and achieve what we want,” he added.

Arsenal’s defeat at Wembley raised questions about the team’s mental side in big games.

“We analyzed what we did, not only in that game but over the last 120 days, the number of matches we have played,” said Arteta. “This will make us better and now we need to make the most of that learning for the most important and exciting part of the season.”

Left-back Piero Hincapié and midfielder Eberechi Eze are out of the match against Southampton through injury. Another absentee is forward Noni Madueke, who injured his left knee during England’s 1-1 draw with Uruguay in a friendly played last week.

*By AFP

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