Ten Hag annoyed after painful Arsenal loss: 'We are not a top team yet'

Arsenal seem to be well on their way to finally winning another Premier League title. The Gunners are currently five points ahead of number two Manchester City, and still have a game in hand. Compared to numbers three and four, Newcastle United and Manchester United, the margin is no fewer than eleven points. The direct clash between Arsenal and United on Sunday ended in a 3-2 victory for the former, due to a late winner by Eddie Nketiah.

Manchester United opened the game well with an early goal from Marcus Rashford, but gave the lead away again very quickly. That was totally unnecessary, according to Ten Hag. 'We are ahead and then it should not be 1-1 so quickly. Certainly not the way in which it happened. That annoyed me immensely. The players must also realise that, because we have had a period in which it was very difficult to create these kinds of chances against us, let alone score,' said a visibly irritated Ten Hag in front of the Viaplay. When asked how he deals with that annoyance, Ten Hag came up with a striking conclusion. 'We are not yet a top team at the moment, but we have to realise that if we learn these lessons, we will be a few steps closer. We are still competing on all fronts, including in the Premier League. We will confront the players with that so they draw the right conclusions and then we have to move forward again.'

United looked to be coming away with a point out of the fire thanks to Lisandro Martínez's 2-2. However, things went wrong in injury time of the game. 'It is of course disappointing,' Ten Hag announced. 'Especially because you are very close to a point. At that moment you have to bring it in, but we didn't do that. That is not good. The way we conceded that last goal should not happen at top level. The first two goals are also absolutely avoidable. The first two came from a corner. We ignored ground rules. Then they create chances, which they finish. How we defend them as a team is not good.'

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