Aaron Ramsdale admits Arsenal had been off the tempo all the way through their loss to their identify competitors Manchester City however is backing the membership to achieve a identical stage to that of the Premier League champions in future years.
Arsenal succumbed to a 4–1 defeat on the Etihad Stadium and are two issues forward of City, having performed two video games extra. The goalkeeper admitted his aspect had been too sluggish to react within the opening exchanges. “It’s the first time I’ve played here as an Arsenal player and just for the first 45 minutes we were a yard off the pace in pressing,” he mentioned. “If you want to come here and get anything you need to be on it in everything and we were just a bit off.”
Ramsdale stays assured about Arsenal’s probabilities for the remainder of the season and the foreseeable long term. “They’ve been one of the best teams in the league for the past five years,” he mentioned of City. “They could potentially do a treble. We want to get to the same sort of level as Man City doing it our own way and be competing for all competitions like they are.
“We haven’t played nine months of Premier League football and played the way we wanted to play to give up with five games to go. If anything is going to happen in football it is going to be this league it is going to happen in. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves. We’ll get over it and the manager will do what the manager does and dissect it and tell us and we will do everything we can.”
Ramsdale made several saves to keep the score down but was disappointed not to prevent Erling Haaland’s goal in second-half stoppage time. “It was probably the goal I am most annoyed about which I should save,” he mentioned. “It was a good battle and hopefully I can have these battles with other players as well.”