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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta highlighted the main reason behind his team’s latest struggles and insisted that the correct protocols were followed regarding David Luiz’s head clash with Raúl Jiménez.
The gunmen fell to a 2-1 loss to Wolves at The Emirates after a superb goal from Daniel Podence sealed all three points.
The result sees Arsenal now winless in their last three league meetings, but the game was marred by a nasty head clash between Luiz and Jiménez.
The duo collided while competing for a corner, and the Wolves forward appeared to come off worse.
Luiz was able to continue until halftime, but Jiménez was removed on a stretcher and immediately sent to the hospital.
Initially asked about the clash of heads, Arteta he insisted his team followed necessary protocols after David Luiz was given the green light to continue before being substituted at half-time.
He told Sky Sports: “David [Luiz] it’s okay. He has an ugly cut and was conscious. I had a test and was completely fine. We were very worried about Raúl Jiménez because he was very unpleasant.
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“When you see the reaction of the players you know something really bad is happening.
“We follow the protocol to verify that [Luiz] He hadn’t lost the consciousness he didn’t have and then some tests.
“They will continue to do more controls. I was really uncomfortable and I couldn’t head the ball and I couldn’t continue.
Regarding the performance of his team, Arteta said: “It is a really bad result. We had our moments. We had a great reaction in the second half. The team showed desire but the goal did not come.
Extending further to the BBC, Arteta noted that the simple step of being a clinician in the final third is hurting his team: “They had two shots on goal in the first half and scored twice. The team showed real resilience, unity and faith to try to win in the second half. We generate the chances but we don’t score.
“We need more goals to win soccer games. We need to continue supporting the players. All players pass [tough] periods. We are creating chances but fighting to score goals. That is the difference between winning and losing.
“When you lose games, confidence goes down because they believe that things can happen again. You need to win after a loss. We have been doing this in my time here. This is the first time since we’ve been here [that they’ve had a losing run]. “
Willock taken aback by Arsenal’s struggles
Joe willock He also spoke to the press and initially sent his best wishes to Raúl Jiménez after the serious injury to the Mexican’s head.
“On behalf of the club and myself, we give our best wishes to Raúl Jiménez,” he told the BBC. “We hope he makes a good recovery. It was a bad incident.
“David Luiz has recovered well. He looked good when I saw him in the locker room. “
Regarding Arsenal’s difficulties, Willock said: “I’m not really sure. It is not a thing we can point to. We are not flowing at the moment. We have to solve this very quickly as a team. We need to perform better. It is not good enough.
“It is nothing that we cannot change. We want to recover from this game and stay together and get back to the pace we finished last season.
“I don’t think the incident is the reason the flow stopped. We are not good enough right now. We need to solve it in the group. We are a great team and we want to compete for things.
“We have to regroup and talk about it tomorrow and recover as soon as possible.”
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