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Arteta has faced requests for his dismissal after Sunday’s 1-0 home loss against Burnley he condemned Arsenal to his worst start to the season since 1974.
Arsenal has lost their last four league games at home –– their worst sequence since 1959 – and another loss at Emirates Stadium to fit Southampton on Wednesday the pressure on Arteta would increase.
Spanish was given a vote of confidence from Arsenal manager Edu Monday, but Arteta admitted he had to take responsibility for the team’s five-game winless streak in the league.
Uncompromising, he still retains the backing of his players, Arteta told reporters on Tuesday: “My feeling is yes, but this is a question for them, obviously.
“When I see the reaction and the way they try, there is nothing that worries me they’re not doing their best, that’s for sure.
“And in terms of Edu and (Manchester City manager) Pep (Guardiola), they obviously showed their appreciation, because in good times it is very easy.
“In difficult times when you have people like them who support you and two people who know very, very well what we’ve been through here, obviously they are very grateful.”
– ‘Take the bullets’ –
Languishing in 15th place after seven losses in their first 12 league games, Arsenal are closer to the relegation zone than the top four.
Arteta is not concerned that Arsenal now face an unthinkable battle for relegation and confident that the results will change soon.
“I want to think that we are in trouble Losing football matches makes me believe that but we have to start winning, ”he said.
“Because simply dropping the table is not the situation we want to be in.
“But this is our reality right now and we have to face it and we have to face it by being brave, fighting and without anyone giving up or anything.
“It’s not time to hide, it’s time to put your face and body on the line and for the moment, I’m sorry, but we have to take the bullets.
Arteta said she accepted that she endured “maximum responsibility” for the bad results.
“At the end of the day you have to win soccer games and this club is too big to take so many losses in the last weeks. So my chest is here and hit me, guys. “
Unnecessary Red Card from Granit Xhaka for grabbing Ashley Westwood from Burnley by the neck played a key role in Arsenal’s latest failure.
Angry Arsenal fans have called for the volatile Swiss midfielder to be sold, but retain Arteta’s support for now.
When asked if Xhaka had apologized to Arteta and his teammates, the Arsenal manager said the matter had been resolved “internally”.
“He has had difficult moments here and he is not the only one, there are many players who have had difficult moments.
“But what I can say about Granit is that his professionalism and his commitment to the club and his teammates is maximum.
“He knows and we all know that He had a moment when he lost it And I know the reason why But what I can’t do is throw away everything he has done because he made a mistake. “
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