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MIKEL ARTETA blasted the antiaircraft errors that near Arsenal's rubric hopes successful tatters.
Two blunders from Thomas Partey and Mikel Merino allowed Aston Villa to travel backmost from 2-0 down.
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And Gunners rubric victor Paul Merson fto rip astatine Partey implicit his 'schoolboy error' that talented Ollie Watkins Villa's equaliser.
Merson fumed: "I don't cognize what Partey was thinking. Those 2 Turn to Page 51
"From Back Page goals should person been stopped. Certain players fto Arteta down.
"Thomas Partey has played for 1 of the astir disciplined teams successful the full of Europe astatine Atletico Madrid and you cannot bash that.
"That cannot triumph you league titles."
Arteta, who saw Merino's precocious 'winner' ruled retired by VAR for a Kai Havertz handball, admitted: "The mode we defended can't beryllium portion of our game.
"We person to blasted ourselves. You can't support similar that if we privation to beryllium astatine the highest level successful this country.
"What we did for the 2nd extremity is obscurity adjacent the modular that is required."
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Merson added: "Thomas is connected his antheral (Watkins) and past conscionable leaves him to score.
"I don't cognize what he's trying to do. And that's what Mikel is talking about.
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"You won't spot a worse antiaircraft extremity than that each weekend. They were schoolboy errors.
"Merino lets Youri Tielemans tally disconnected him for the archetypal extremity and I can't judge what I saw with Partey. I americium flabbergasted. I americium truly disquieted astir their mentality."
Missing crocked William Saliba, Arteta's broadside capitulated arsenic Tielemans and Watkins scored to permission Arsenal six points adrift of Liverpool, who person a crippled successful hand.
It meant Arsenal person present dropped 12 points from winning positions this term, their worst grounds since 2020-21.
Sky pundit Merson said: "I don't attraction what part you are in, those 2 goals tin beryllium stopped if you bash your job."
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The workplace past erupted successful laughter erstwhile Merson said the referee should person fixed Partey a microphone to explicate himself mid-game.
Merson added: "You privation to halt the crippled with the Partey 1 erstwhile Watkins scored and archer the ref to springiness him a mic and spell up to him and ask, 'right what were you thinking?'.
"I dread to deliberation what Jamie Carragher is going to bash to him connected Monday Night Football. Jamie would ne'er person done that.
"Jamie indispensable person played 600 oregon 700 games oregon adjacent more. He would person ne'er done that successful his life. Never ever. He would've said 'right that's my antheral and I'm lasting with him'."
Arteta said helium is "very worried" astir Saliba, who volition person a further scan connected his hamstring wounded today.
He added: "For definite I'm worried. Especially with the numbers we person successful the squad and looking astatine our bench, precise worried."
Watkins felt his broadside were fortunate with the handball. He said: "Seeing it back, I'm not sure. It's gone successful our favour if I'm honest.
"If that was against maine I'd person been a small spot disappointed. But that's what VAR is determination for."
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Arsenal ratings vs Aston Villa
Arsenal's rubric hopes took a immense deed arsenic they threw distant a two-goal pb against Aston Villa
Leandro Trossard turned supplier for the Gunners to acceptable up some goals arsenic it looked similar they would cruise to 3 points.
But antiaircraft lapses from 2 stars outgo Arteta's broadside dearly.
Here is however SunSport's Jordan Davies rated the players...
DAVID RAYA – 6/10
Let down by those successful beforehand of him for some goals, a duo of adjacent scope efforts helium had nary accidental with.
MYLES LEWIS-SKELLY – 8
With performances similar this, helium is abruptly the archetypal sanction connected the squad expanse for Arteta. So calm and composed for idiosyncratic truthful young, and his spot against bigger absorption is scary astatine times.
GABRIEL – 7
Made a important tackle one-on-one with Watkins and different artifact from a speedy counter
JURRIEN TIMBER – 7
Alert to foil counters against the gait of Watkins and coped good successful general. It is not his responsibility that helium doesn’t person the antiaircraft beingness of Saliba.
THOMAS PARTEY – 6
A large stint astatine close backmost but 1 lapse successful attraction outgo Arsenal the lead, losing way of Watkins successful the container earlier helium volleyed in.
MIKEL MERINO – 6
A workman-like show – won his duels and worked his socks off, but the tiny details were missing, shanking a bully accidental good wide successful the archetypal half.
He past mislaid his marker to let Tielemans to caput successful and marque it 2-1. Could person won it astatine the extremity with a scuffed effort successful disconnected Havertz that VAR chalked disconnected and smacked the station too.
DECLAN RICE – 7
Integral to everything bully astir Arsenal and came adjacent with a long-range punt successful the 2nd half.
MARTIN ODEGAARD – 6
A coagulated show but helium is truly missing his spouse successful transgression successful Saka. He created arsenic overmuch arsenic helium could but sometimes needs to beryllium much selfish to resistance his squad implicit the line.
LEANDRO TROSSARD – 8
Deflected effort was comfy for Martinez but his superb transverse made beingness overmuch harder for the Villa keeper to tee up Martinelli for the opener earlier blazing implicit himself.
The Belgian racked up his 5th Prem assistance of the play successful the 2nd fractional for Havertz.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI – 8
Threatened astatine the acold station aboriginal on, but got his rewards from the aforesaid presumption successful the 35th minute with a stabbed effort up of Maatsen.
KAI HAVERTZ – 8
Again, deficiency of decent work near him surviving disconnected scraps, but erstwhile helium got a scrap helium fired an effort consecutive astatine Martinez from adjacent range.
The German much than made up for it aft the interruption with a objective finish, adjacent if Martinez should person done better. That volition bash wonders for his confidence.
SUBS:
RAHEEM STERLING (MARTINELLI, 82) – 6
A fewer darting runs, but added virtually nothing, different than a needless yellowish card. A cameo that screamed “lacking confidence”.
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