JAKARTA - Arsenal failed to move away from Manchester City's pursuit in the race for the English Premier League title after only drawing 2-2 at West Ham headquarters, Sunday, April 17.
In that match, Arsenal had led two goals through Gabriel Jesus in the 7th minute and Martin Odegaard in the 10th minute. However, West Ham then equalized through a goal from Said Benrahma in the 33rd minute and Jarrod Bowen's goal in the 54th minute.
Arsenal remain in first place in the Premier League Premier standings with 74 points from 31 matches. The Gunners failed to distance themselves from Manchester City, who now have 70 points. They are only 4 points adrift.
West Ham is still stuck in 15th place with 31 points from 30 matches.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is very disappointed with this draw. He also highlighted the performance of his team.
"The result is very disappointing, as well as its performance, especially after the first 30 or 35 minutes," Arteta said, quoted from the club's official website.
Pep Guardiola's former assistant at Manchester City said his team had played well early in the game, but because his team failed to do "kill the game",
"We started the game very well, dominated with real goals, scoring two beautiful goals," Arteta said, as quoted by Antara.
"We give them hope - instead of killing them at this point, we give them hope," added Arteta.
In a different interview, the 41-year-old coach also commented on the missed penalty from Bukayo Saka.
According to him, all players must have failed to execute a penalty, so he didn't really mind the failure of the English player in being the executioner of the 12 fit point.
"A player who took a penalty missed a penalty, I don't know anyone who didn't," Arteta commented, quoted by BBC Sport.
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