Mikel Arteta, the manager of Arsenal, has accepted responsibility for the 3-1 defeat to West Ham in the Carabao Cup fourth round on Wednesday night.
The Gunners were already three goals behind, owing to Ben White’s own goal and goals from Mohamed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen, when Martin Odegaard equalized.
“I’m very disappointed,” Arteta stated after the game. I’m to blame; we’re out of the cup and wanted to play a completely different game.
“The game took a turn because of the first goal, and we can talk about that, but we need to see a lot more from the team to get a result here.”
“If there is VAR there’s no [first] goal, that’s for sure.”
On Saturday evening, Arsenal will play at Newcastle United in the Premier League.
