Bukayo Saka felt Arsenal dropped properly beneath their requirements as they blew a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Wolves.
The Premier League’s backside aspect took deserved factors off the Premier League leaders by means of Riccardo Calafiori’s personal aim in stoppage time, following up on Hugo Bueno’s stunner to begin the comeback after Bukayo Saka and Piero Hincapie netted early in every half.
Their second successive draw palms extra impetus to Manchester Metropolis within the title race, with Pep Guardiola’s males in a position to scale back the hole to 2 factors on Saturday by beating Newcastle.
Goalscorer Saka instructed the BBC: “Upset. Not a lot else to say.
“There was a giant distinction in how we performed within the first half and the second half. We dropped our requirements and we bought punished for it.”
The Gunners have led for almost all of the season as they appear to win their first league title since 2004 however have dropped 11 factors from their eight video games of 2026 because the stress seems to be to be attending to Mikel Arteta’s males.
Requested whether or not nerves are creeping into the aspect, Saka responded: “Time to deal with ourselves, enhance our requirements and enhance our performances and it’s in our management.”
Arteta: ‘We didn’t do the fundamentals’
Supervisor Arteta stated the Arsenal dressing room have been “too emotional” to guage the late slip-up now however agreed with Saka that his aspect weren’t adequate within the second half.
“Very powerful to simply accept it. Within the second half we didn’t carry out in the best way we should always and the best way we require to win a Premier League match.
“It’s higher to not decide it, we’re all too emotional about it. It’s a must to take the hit as a result of we deserve it.
“It is rather straightforward with emotion to say issues that may harm the workforce. Everybody needs to do their finest. It’s a must to undergo powerful intervals.
“At the moment on the final minute, we paid the value. We’ve to do basic items a lot better than we’ve got accomplished.”
