{"id":2015,"date":"2026-04-12T00:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=2015"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:02:13","slug":"didnt-help-arsenal-star-places-blame-on-dry-pitch-after-gunners-2-1-loss-to-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/?p=2015","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Didn\u2019t help&#8221; &#8211; Arsenal star places blame on &#8216;dry pitch&#8217; after Gunners&#8217; 2-1 loss to Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"5152397\" data-slug-id=\"2765997\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Arsenal striker Viktor Gy\u00f6keres blamed the \u2018dry pitch\u2019 at the Emirates Stadium for the team\u2019s disappointing 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunners saw their title ambitions suffer another massive blow as they failed to extend their gap at the top of the Premier League table. It was another underwhelming display from Mikel Arteta\u2019s men, who managed just three shots on target throughout the encounter.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"template__newsletter-inline-banner-form-combo-widget\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><img id=\"subscribe-img\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the submission!\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p>Speaking post-match, Gy\u00f6keres, who scored the equalizer, praised Bournemouth\u2019s performance before saying that lack of moisture on the surface of the pitch hampered his team\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThey\u2019re good on the counter-attacks,\u201d Gyokeres told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/2042986406231052523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">BBC<\/a>. \u201cThey have good players and made some good combinations. But we need to do better. We had some chances in the end. The pitch was a bit dry, which didn\u2019t help. I\u2019m very confident. We don\u2019t need to get stuck too much on what happened today. We need to look forward and be positive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Eli Junior Kroupi gave the Cherries the lead after 17 minutes, but Gy\u00f6keres restored parity from the spot before the break. Alex Scott scored the winner with just 16 minutes left on the clock.<\/p>\n<p>Despite getting on the scoresheet, Gy\u00f6keres blasted a sitter over the bar and nodded a 92-minute header wide of the post before squandering another chance a minute later.<\/p>\n<p>The result means Arsenal have now lost back-to-back Premier League home games against Bournemouth for the first time in the competition. The Gunners are now winless in three of their last four matches across all competitions. They will face second-placed Manchester City in their next league outing.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u201cIt\u2019s a punch in the face\u201d \u2013 Mikel Arteta on Arsenal\u2019s 2-1 loss to Bournemouth<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta did not hold back in his assessment of his team\u2019s performance in the aftermath of their 2-1 loss to Bournemouth. Arteta admitted they were far from their standards and described the result as \u2018disappointing\u2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cA very disappointing result, we were very far from the standards that we&#8217;ve shown all season, so it&#8217;s a big punch in the face because we wanted to win this game so badly, and we didn&#8217;t cope with the situations when they didn&#8217;t go our way,\u201d Arteta said. \u201cYou have to give them credit for what they&#8217;ve done and how efficient they were with the chances they created.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBut at the same time, we have to look at ourselves which is the most important thing, and after getting punched, it&#8217;s about how you react. There&#8217;s no more moment to protect anything, it&#8217;s a moment to go and attack, and to be very aggressive.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Next up for Arsenal is a UEFA Champions League clash against Sporting CP on Wednesday, April 15.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-post-rating-widget\">\n<p><template id=\"post-rating-feedback-modal-template\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-feedback-box\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-content\">\n<div class=\"post-rating-feedback-data\">\n<p>Why did you not like this content?<\/p>\n<p><textarea id=\"dislike-feedback-text\" rows=\"4\" placeholder=\"Please type your feedback...\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<button class=\"close\">Cancel<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"submit\">Submit<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-widget-parent hidden\">\n<div class=\"rating-parent-container\">\n<div class=\"rating-content-holder\">\n<p>Was this article helpful?<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-rating-action-container\">\n<div class=\"like-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-like-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"like\" title=\"like article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"like selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dislike-container\">\n<button class=\"post-rating-dislike-button post-rating-button\" data-action=\"dislike\" title=\"dislike article\"><br \/>\n<img class=\"post-dis-like-image post-rating-image\" data-lazy=\"\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/like-articles\/upvote-icon-grey.svg\" height=\"20\" width=\"20\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"avatar selected\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thank You for feedback\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tag-cloud\">\n<div class=\"tags-text\">\n<div class=\"scrollable-content-holder  article-padding\">\n<p class=\"article-p  \">Quick Links<\/p>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerLeft\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Left \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-left.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<nav id=\"pnProductNav\" class=\"pn-ProductNav\">\n<\/nav>\n<p><button id=\"pnAdvancerRight\" class=\"pn-Advancer pn-Advancer_Right \" type=\"button\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/staticg.sportskeeda.com\/skm\/assets\/article\/article-scroll-right.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<p>More from Sportskeeda<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"publisher-name\">Edited by Ezekiel Olamide<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal striker Viktor Gy\u00f6keres blamed the \u2018dry pitch\u2019 at the Emirates Stadium for the team\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}