Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has explained the crushed for his side's UEFA Champions League decision astatine the hands of Inter Milan astatine the San Siro.
The Gunners mislaid 1-0 to Serie A giants Inter astatine the San Siro, making it 2 defeats successful 5 days for the North London side.
Manager Mikel Arteta slammed the referee's determination to grant Inter a punishment successful first-half wounded time.
The spot-kick, converted by Hakan Calhanoglu, came aft Mikel Merino's flimsy handball connected the changeable of halftime.
Arteta expressed his vexation to TNT Sports post-match:
"I americium precise arrogant of my players, the level of domination we had. We mislaid due to the fact that we were precise harshly done by, successful the consciousness that it is obvious. Both penalties.
💬 "We inactive person fractional the contention to play and if we proceed to play the mode we did today, we volition triumph a batch of games.”
🎙️ Mikel assesses tonight's decision to Inter Milan 👇
"If you are going to springiness a penalty, the different 1 has to beryllium due to the fact that helium punches him successful the head.
"There is nary deflection, thing you tin bash successful the box, truthful tin helium get distant from it? If helium is going to springiness that, the different has to beryllium 100% a penalty."
Despite dominating the 2nd half, Arsenal failed to score. Arteta acknowledged the missed opportunities but praised his team's performance.
"We should person scored a mates astatine least, but the mode the squad played, that was america astatine our best."
A pugnacious decision for the Gunners, but Arteta volition beryllium anxious to spot his men bounce backmost for the travel to Chelsea this weekend.