EPL: Arteta Praises Arsenal’s Performance Despite 0-0 Draw With Everton

Mikel Arteta hailed his “unbelievable” Arsenal team despite the frustration of a 0-0 draw against Everton, as Premier League leaders Liverpool also dropped points on Saturday.

Just a week after being held to a draw at Fulham, Arsenal again had to settle for one point as Sean Dyche’s side earned a goalless stalemate at the Emirates.

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The Gunners remain six points behind Liverpool, having played one more match, while the 10-man Reds salvaged a 2-2 draw at Anfield after twice coming from behind.

Arsenal, who have finished as Premier League runners-up in the past two seasons, are also a point adrift of Chelsea, who face Brentford at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Despite dominating possession with 76 percent and creating 13 shots, Arsenal were unable to break down an Everton defence that limited them to just two attempts on goal.

“We’re very disappointed not to win the game because if there was a team obviously that deserved to win it that was Arsenal,” said Arteta.

“We did everything that was necessary overall apart from the fact that we didn’t score a goal. We conceded absolutely nothing, dominated all the direct play, didn’t allow them to run and conceded no set pieces.

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“But we go there in so many occasions, we created three or four big chances, didn’t score from there… at the end you want to be rewarded for what you’ve done and the difficulty is that we haven’t tonight.

“It’s all the moments that we need to have a little more composure and more quality in those moments, that’s normal. That’s it.

“Tracking back? Unbelievable. Putting in the high press? Unbelievable. Dominating a lot of things? Unbelievable, but the disappointing thing is that you want to come away winning after what you’ve done on the pitch.”

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