Arsenal are ready to pick themselves up after the draw against Fulham and attack Monaco in the Champions League with both barrels.
Arsenal is ready to move on from its disappointing 1-1 draw against Fulham when it welcomes Ligue 1 side Monaco to the Emirates Stadium in the Champions League.
Much has been made of Arsenal's draw, given that Mikel Arteta's side controlled the game for nearly its entirety, only to be hit with an early sucker punch from the hosts, but the Gunners fought back to level matters just after half-time and thought they won it at the death, but Gabriel Martinelli was offside.
Now, the Gunners must shelve that disappointment and bring the fire against a Monaco team that only has one loss in its last five games.
However, that is easier said than done, and for Arteta, despite the nature in which his team was held to a draw, he knows they must respond against Monaco.
"To concede what we conceded and how the hell we draw that game, it’s difficult to understand but that’s the beauty of football as well," Arteta said via arsenal.com. "We will adapt, obviously pull our heads up, it was disappointing, it was very emotional as well because scoring the second one and it being disallowed, it was tough. We have to move – every three games it’s another opportunity and we need to keep going."
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But while Arteta knows that his team must move on, we know that sometimes its not as easy as that, but given where the Gunners are in the Champions League table (10th), there isn't too much margin for error and slaying Monaco will also help the team push past the disappointment of the Fulham clash.
With a host of injuries, it might not be as straightforward game as some think, but so far, the Gunners have done a good job of overcoming those issues, but every team has a breaking point.
Are we at Arsenal's? We don't think so.
And against Monaco, a win will be the perfect tonic in getting the good vibes back in the squad, and with the games coming thick and fast now, one down performance can quickly turn into three or four and suddenly, the league title might be out of reach, so too the Champions League crown.
While that might be a little heavy-handed, the Gunners must get back to winning ways and restore the feel-good vibes - starting with Monaco.