Arsenal beat Hull City 1-0 on Saturday, with Martin Odegaard scoring in the 72nd minute to secure victory. The result extended Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League to six points.
The table and Arsenal's record
Manchester City lost to Nottingham Forest. Arsenal have won eight matches by a single-goal margin across all competitions this term.
Arteta on attacking efficiency
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said the team needed to “be more efficient”. He said: “We are one against one against the keeper. That's happened twice today. There is a penalty there, there is another situation inside the box where the ball is bouncing. So many shots that have been deflected, blocked. We need to find ways to be more efficient, sometimes even more pragmatic.”
Arteta said: “Sometimes my feeling is that we are trying to score a perfect goal against these low blocks. We need to be much more chaotic than that, and that's it. And open, I think, the scoreline much earlier because obviously that's going to change the course of the game.”
He added: “We had enough chances to make the scoreline much bigger. We weren't efficient enough to do that. And then we have to rely on generating volume, generating a lot of situations in and around the box, insisting, insisting and insisting until we are able to break them down. And this is exactly how we won the game.”
The Havertz VAR incident
Referee Farai Hallam checked the pitchside monitor after Nobel Mendy pulled Kai Havertz's shirt, but awarded Hull a free-kick for an offside offence.
Arteta said: “I haven't watched it back and I didn't watch it back so I don't have to lie to you guys”. He also said: “I was surprised because when they sent the referee to the monitor, Benji was telling me it's a clear penalty.”
Arteta added: “So I heard now that they decided not to because of the starting position of Kai that he was offside. I don't know what the interpretation is. I'm sure they will make that clear to understand it.”
