Kai Havertz has called on Arsenal to “stick together” after the Gunners' 0-0 draw with Everton on Saturday.
With Liverpool only drawing 2-2 with Fulham, the misfiring Gunners squandered a golden opportunity to reduce the gap at the top of the Premier League. It was [Mikel Arteta](https://www.football.london/all-about/mikel-arteta)'s side’s second draw in six days and means the Gunners have taken only 13 points from a possible 27 from their last nine matches.
After their opening 16 games, [Arsenal’s](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/) tally of 30 points is six worse than last season and 10 less than they managed in the campaign before. In both seasons, Arsenal have finished runner-up to Manchester City.
However, Havertz, who has managed just one league strike in the past two months, said Arsenal must pick themselves up ahead of their home Carabao Cup quarter-final tie against Crystal Palace on Wednesday before they face the south Londoners at Selhurst Park in the league on Saturday.
“We try to look at ourselves,” said the Germany international. “Win games, get points. I think that’s the most frustrating point against Everton, that we didn’t do that.
“Just the little details in the box, we didn’t manage to do them. We didn’t find the final pass. Sometimes I think the positioning in the box wasn’t perfect, so we have to look at that and make it better in the next game.
“We try to be positive, stick together as a group and make it better next time.”
Arteta was equally as downbeat after the match. "Very disappointed," the Spaniard said.
"When you do what we’ve done against them today, you have to win the game. At the end this is football - the hardest thing is to do what we have to do in those last 20-25 meters. Credit to them as well, the way they defended, the way they blocked shots, the saves that Pickford made, the shape that they defend with. Honestly it’s difficult to ask something else from the team.
"OK, individually can we do things a bit better and with a little bit more quality and deliver that magic moment when it’s necessary? Yes. But that is not easy."