Post-Manchester United quotes round-up: Arteta, Amorim, Odegaard, Fernandes, Walcott, Keown
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Arsenal crashed out of the FA Cup despite playing 60 minutes against 10 men as Manchester United survived the second half expulsion of Diogo Dalot to claim victory on penalties at Emirates Stadium.
On a night to forget for the Gunners, Gabriel Jesus was stretchered off with a knee injury before Bruno Fernandes and Gabriel Magalhaes’ traded strikes. The Gunners should have won the game in normal time but Martin Odegaard missed from the spot before Kai Havertz did the same in the shootout after a drab 30 minutes of extra time.
Here’s what the managers, players, pundits and stattos made of the action…
Arteta on another bitter defeat…
I'm pretty amazed how we haven't won the game comfortably. With everything that we've done, the way we played, dominated the game, the amount of chances that we generated, big open chances and the fact that we didn't concede anything. It's a very hard one to take because, as I said to them, I love you guys because you are a joy to work with every single day. Individually and as a team, incredible after two or three days, how you perform again after a defeat that you didn't deserve at all because you were much better than the opposition as well.
Source:Arsenal.com
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Ruben Amorim on sensing it was his side’s day…
Sometimes we have the feeling that everything in the end is going to be okay. I felt that since the beginning of the second half, even after the penalty. I think the Arsenal team felt that maybe today is not their day. I’m really pleased for the way they controlled the game without the ball. We defended very well, set pieces we were really strong. It was a good day but now I’m thinking about the next game and worried about the next game.
Source:BBC One
Martin Odegaard on missing a penalty in normal time…
It's not good enough from me, I have to score that one. I think it was a crucial moment as well, so it was a tough one to take. That's it.
Source:Arsenal.com
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Bruno Fernandes on United suffering their way to the win…
Obviously the circumstances of the game we played with one less we suffered a lot but we sacrificed a lot as a team and at the end you get this.
Source:BBC One
Arteta on Odegaard missing from the spot but volunteering for the shootout
The first one that happens, when you want to take responsibility and leadership in a team, it can happen. He missed it. What I loved is that when I asked them, OK, who wants to take it? He was the first one in the sheet because I want to take it. And that’s the players that we want. You’re going to have difficult moments. It’s how you respond to them. and he’s the captain and he’s the leader. And I love that he’s done that today again.
Source:Post-game press conference
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Odegaard on what Arsenal are missing in the final third…
It's hard to say at the moment exactly why, but I think it's small details; the last pass, the finish, the decision-making. Again, I think we did more than enough to win this game – I don't know if they had a better chance than the goal and we created enough to score. Me with the penalty as well, that should have been a goal.
Source:Arsenal.com
Theo Walcott on Arsenal’s football…
Arsenal have gone from being a free-flowing forward line, exciting the crowd to going a bit stale at the Emirates. They want to be hard to beat without creating too much right now. You need players to do something different and they haven’t got that at the moment.
Source:BBC One
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Arteta on whether Arsenal need to sign a striker…
No, but I mean, we miss from various ways, from different plays. And I understand guys that, but I cannot love our players more. And I focus very much on the ones that we have to perform at the highest level. That’s it. The rest is not in our hands, in my hands.
Source:Post-game press conference
Alan Shearer on selecting United keeper Altay Bayandir as the man of the match…
Altay Bayandir was absolutely outstanding. He holds his nerve [in the shootout], he doesn’t blink first. It was a three-way tie between him and [Matthijs] De Ligt and [Harry] Maguire who I thought were also superb but just because of his penalty save, I thought I would give it to him [the man of the match award]. When you get given an opportunity, you have to take it and he took it today.
Source:BBC One
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Martin Keown on Arsenal’s performance…
It was like being at the dentist when they went down to Manchester United. The longer it went on it looked like Man Utd’s evening – respect to them.
Source:BBC One
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