Mikel Arteta reflected on the performance of his players in a 2-2 draw at the Molineux Stadium.
**Arsenal**have now dropped points in five of their last seven Premier League fixtures, allowing **Wolves**to pick up their tenth point of the league campaign. The men of **Rob Edwards**earned the reward they might have received at the Emirates Stadium in December, but there is no room to hide for the league leaders. Their manager made clear that the outcome was very much self-inflicted.
“Extremely disappointed, obviously, with the result, with the way the game ended, but we have to blame ourselves. I think the performance in the second half didn't show anything close to the standards that are required in this league to win, with the margin that I think should have existed today, especially in the manner that we played the first half. It's a moment of disappointment.
“We all want to talk a lot about how we're feeling, but it's not the moment to do that, because anything that we do has to always and only be with the intention to help the team. Right now, I think we have to swallow that frustration.
“When you are at this level and at the top, you need to take the hit, because today we deserve them as well, and move on as quickly as possible, because on Sunday we have a big game coming up.
*“It was a moment after another moment after another moment. Even though we scored the second goal, we never got the grip and dominance of the game. That's the reality. That's credit, obviously, to Wolves. I don't want to underestimate that, but I think we played a big part in that.*
“As I said, it's very basic things, very simple things, that we did wrong. That's why we had the feeling, without conceding that much, but the moment is always the game open to anything that can happen.”