Can take positives from Forest, need to be more clinical against Palace - Arteta
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta said they can take positives from their 2-1 win over Nottingham Forest but that they have to be more clinical when they face Crystal Palace on Monday
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00:00 You spoke about the nervy ending in that game against Nottingham Forest, but there were
00:03 plenty of positives. What positives can you take from this almost new-look Arsenal side
00:07 going into the game against Crystal Palace?
00:09 Well, the dominance of the game, the amount of times that we played in the territory that we
00:14 want to play, the amount of chances that we created, the few things that we conceded,
00:20 because we conceded one in the first half that it was after the direct play, the second ball,
00:24 they hooked the ball and they are through. And then they counter after a set play, which both
00:30 they are coming from a goal kick and the one is coming from a corner. And after that, nothing else.
00:35 But as I said, when you dominate the game as much as we did the other day and the situation that you
00:41 have and the final passes still not neat enough and good enough to finish the actions better,
00:47 that's what we have to improve.
00:49 So you'd hope them to be more clinical and dominate?
00:51 We have to be when you play the games of that type, it has to finish 3-4-5.
00:55 And we didn't do that and that's why in the Premier League,
00:58 and then you give something to the opponent, it's always going to be a nervy ending, unfortunately.