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Arteta admits Arsenal were ‘a bit leggy’ in win over FC Zurich, thinks ‘goals will come’ for JesusDate published: Thursday 3rd November 2022 11:01 -Mikel Arteta has admitted that his Arsenal players were “a bit leggy” in their 1-0 win over FC Zurich in their final group-stage game in the Europa League.
PSV managed to beat Bodo-Glimt 2-1. Over at The Emirates, Kieran Tierney fired the ball home inside the opening 20 minutes to make it 1-0 to Arsenal.FC Zurich troubled the hosts as the Swiss outfit gave it everything to make life difficult for Arsenal.Arsenal will now not have to play a two-legged play-off in February.Arteta stated post-match that he knows how important Thursday’s win is even if it was not “the prettiest”.
“I think we had chances, especially early in the game and at the end of the first half to get it into a more comfortable position. We didn’t do that. “We have been rotating. I think we are the team that has been rotating the most in Europe today. Players deserve chances and minutes and also the amount of games we play means we cannot maintain the intensity and players being fit.
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