UCL: Arteta blasts Arsenal players after 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen

Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has deed retired astatine his players for not pursuing his instructions, arsenic they played retired a 1-1 gully with Bayer Leverkusen successful the Champions League last-16 archetypal limb connected Wednesday night.

There were nary goals successful the opening 45 minutes, but the hosts took the pb soon aft the restart done Robert Andrich.

Kai Havertz levelled for the Gunners from the punishment spot successful the 89th minute.

But aft the game, Arteta was fuming with the extremity his squad conceded, arsenic it ruined their plans to commencement the 2nd fractional strongly.

He told reporters: “We wanted to commencement precise beardown successful the 2nd fractional and we’ve done wholly the opposite.

“We started not paying capable attraction connected the kick-off which we already discussed earlier the match.

“So past they person a wide header and aft that they people the goal. And past it’s evidently crippled connected and the tide changes completely.”

UCL: Arteta blasts Arsenal players aft 1-1 gully ...