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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists his team must improve at defending set-pieces if they want to have a successful end to the season. The Gunners conceded from a corner in their Europa League last-16 first-leg draw at Sporting Lisbon on Thursday.
Arteta was asked if his side are conceding too many goals from set pieces. He said: “It’s true that it’s something that we must improve massively if we want to keep winning games.”
The Spaniard was not overly impressed with his side’s performance. But he admits it is all to play for in the return leg in north London next week.
Arteta added: “When you concede two poor goals like we did tonight away from home in Europe it’s very difficult to get a positive result. We gave too many simple balls away and gave them hope and capacity to have those transition moments.
“We lost a bit of threat today with the four players we’re missing in our front line. We need to defend our box much better.
“In this competition, if you want to go through you have to go through difficult moments. We’re still alive and hopefully we’ll play better at the Emirates.”
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