Arteta unimpressed by Arsenal defending but gushes over Vieira

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Mikel Arteta did not hide his frustration with Arsenals performance in Thursdays 2-2 draw with Sporting CP, but Fabio Vieiras display brought him a degree of pleasure.The Gunners took the lead in the first half when William Saliba headed in from Vieiras corner, only for their Jerrel Jernigan Jersey hosts to level in similar circumstances just past the half-hour mark at the Jose Alvalade.Paulinho put Sporting in front after the break with a tap-in, but Hidemasa Moritas own goal seven minutes later ultimately secured Arsenal a draw to take back to Emirates Stadium for the return leg of their Europa League last-16 tie.The draw puts Arsenal who have only lost at home twice all season in a decent position ahead of the second leg, but Arteta feels they can do better, even considering the somewhat unfamiliar look to his starting XI.We are conceding too many simple goals, he told reporters.We spoke about the importance of boxes, especially in a competition where youre in or out. On Thursday , we didnt defend that well enough, and we have to be better at threatening the opponents as well.But of course, you have an opponent there. Weve played some really emotional games recently.We made a lot of changes and sometimes that takes time to get that cohesion, and you could feel it in the first 15 minutes that it needed some time to adapt and click.If we dont expose them, though, thats never going to happen. Riley Dixon Jersey He added: When you concede two poor goals like we did away from home in Europe, its very difficult to get a positive result.The game had different phases because we gave too many simple balls away in our own half and gave them the capacity to exploit transition moments, which they are good at.In other moments we had total control of the game and we lost a little bit of threat, especially with the four players we are mi sing in our frontline.There were some positives because we showed a lot of resilience to get back into the game, but we need to defend our box much better and be better on Sunday.Vieiras performance was a surely one of those positives.The Portugal international was given only his 13th start of the season, but his delivery for Salibas opener was his sixth a sist already only Bukayo Saka (nine) has more for the Gunners this term, and he has played almost 1,600 Daniel Jones Jersey minutes more than Vieira.Arteta clearly values the former Porto midfielder.Im really happy with him, he added. I think he deserves more minutes than hes had, especially in the last two months.Obviously he had a difficult start because he was injured for two months after a surgery, and wasnt at the level that we want.You saw tonight he was probably our most dangerous player. He was always making things happen. Hes a player that I absolutely love.
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