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Publication date: Sunday, September 20, 2020 9:25 AM
Mikel Arteta admitted that Arsenal were lucky to have a narrow win over West Ham, but insisted that “that’s the mentality I want.”
With an excellent win over Fulham last weekend and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang finally signing his new contract ahead of the Premier League visit to West Ham, morale was high in the Arsenal camp.
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But it took a goal in the 85th minute from Eddie Nketiah to seal a 2-1 win after Michail Antonio canceled Alexandre Lacazette’s first match at the break.
West Ham was narrowly beaten at Emirates Stadium before the lockout and was good again here, only to walk away with nothing courtesy of the Nketiah winner.
“We were a bit lucky, sure, but we found a way to win,” Arteta said.
“That is the mentality I want. In the end there are three points. There are many things to improve.
“We are still a long way from where we want to be. We are still adapting things, but it’s great to have six points already.
“Between 55 and 65 minutes I could see the team give up. I tried to pick them up and saw a different team in the last 20 minutes. We’re going to have games like that. “
West Ham boss David Moyes felt his team would have deserved all three points, but highlighted the decisions of the assistant referee on video that went against the visitors.
There was a tight offside against Aubameyang for Arsenal’s first goal and a possible handball penalty against Gabriel Magalhaes that was rejected, with Moyes unhappy with the results of both.
“We should have won tonight or at least gotten a draw,” he said.
“A lot of things didn’t go well for us and we shut down at the last minute, which ultimately cost us.
“We are all really disappointed because we felt that our performance was good and we felt that the decisions let us down.
“Very thin margins in the first goal, then in handball, against Newcastle we had one that did not happen.
“We are not going to use them as excuses, but tonight we had a difficult night.
“It was a hugely improved performance from last week (a 2-0 loss at Newcastle), we were good on the ball and more composed.
“We were playing in a fit team, we are aware of that and I am disappointed that we did not come out with any points.”
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