Mikel Arteta has branded Arsenal‘s “painful” 2-1 defeat at Fulham as their “worst performance of the season.”
Bukayo Saka opened the scoring on five minutes, but goals from Raúl Jiménez and Bobby De Cordova-Reid condemned the Gunners to a second consecutive Premier League defeat, which leaves them fourth in the table.
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Arsenal face Liverpool in the FA Cup third round next week but do not play again in the league until Jan. 20. Arteta said his side need to correct course after another disappointing display following on Thursday’s loss to West Ham.
“We certainly need that reset after today, because that’s going to be in our tummy for a few days,” Arteta said.
“The game against West Ham feels very different, so you can move on. It’s football, it can happen.
