Mikel Arteta says 'it's worrying' to see his players’ performance levels drop after PSV defeat AFC
Mikel Arteta says ‘it’s worrying’ to see his players’ performance levels drop after suffering defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Europa League.– a game where they needed to avoid defeat to ensure of top spot in Group A.A place secured in the Round of 32 would have meant avoiding an extra game for finishing second, and facing a Champions League dropout.
“Today’s the first defeat after a long period. It’s time to reset, to analyse what happened,” he told“Congratulations to PSV – they were the better team and they deserved to win the game. There’s no question about that. We were nowhere near our level today, especially the way we competed.“When that happens against top teams, it’s very difficult to win. Apart from any other aspects, today we were extremely poor.