Arteta identifies key areas Arsenal must improve after 3-1 loss to West Ham

Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta has identified the key areas his team need to improve after their Carabao Cup 3-1 defeat to West Ham United on Wednesday at the London Stadium.

Arteta watched as West Ham eliminated Arsenal from the Carabao Cup, following goals from Ben Whites (own-goal) Mohammed Kudus and Jarrod Bowen.

The former Manchester City assistant manager did not start the likes of William Saliba and Declan Rice against David Moyes’ side.

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When asked if the absence of Rice and Saliba had a big impact on Arsenal’s lack of physicality, Arteta told reporters at his post-match press conference after the game: “Obviously there are different players that bring something different to the table but it’s not about that, it is about a lot of simple things that we didn’t do well at all today.

“Some of them were competing, some were duels, 50-50s, but we had a lot of giveaways we have in areas that we didn’t allow us in any moment to be a threat in the final third and that’s something we have to improve dramatically from today.”

Arsenal will now face Newcastle United in an away Premier League clash this weekend.