Christian Norgaard opened up about his disappointment following defeat to Southampton.
Arsenal's FA Cup exit at Southampton
Arsenal arrived at St. Mary’s to face an opponent unbeaten in their previous 14 fixtures. They would have been expected to win and earn a semifinal spot in the FA Cup, but the team could not bounce back from their Carabao Cup final defeat in March, losing 2-1 to the Saints by the final whistle.
Returning from representing Denmark in the international break, Norgaard was one of many players who are attempting to get back into rhythm for the run-in. The failings of the Gunners have cost them a second trophy in as many weeks, and they need to raise the levels for the trip to Sporting on Tuesday, April 7.
Norgaard's message after the Southampton defeat
"The message is to have a positive body language, to talk with your teammates, with the staff. Now is not the time to go with our heads down for too long. It's fine to be frustrated and then to analyse what went wrong. We have to look forward because there are so many big games coming up for this club.
*"Disappointing evening. We all had our hopes high to win today and go back to Wembley Stadium, but that's not the case today. Sorry to disappoint so many travelling fans, they created an amazing atmosphere, and yeah, today was not good enough.*
"It was a frustrating first half, but we had a really good period in the first half where we really had them, created a lot of set pieces, a lot of shots around the edge of the box and even also in the second half before we conceded the 2-1. We had a really good period where we were on top of the game. So, we didn't manage to score in those periods and then we were too poor in defending the two goals."