Arteta frustrated with a lack of consistency as Arsenal held Crystal Palace

Mikel Arththa complained about the lack of her part, because Arsenal led twice, but both on Wednesday returned both times in a 2-2 drawing with Crystal Palace at Emirates.

Jakub Kiwior gave Gunners an early advantage of his head, but Eberechi eze bouncing a volley from the edge of the box.

Leandro Trossard then found the net to restore the advantage for Arteta before the break, but the visitors re-drawn the level in the second half with kindness of a neatly designed end from Jean-Philippe Mateta after the Willam Saliba error.

The result only delayed Liverpool’s seemingly inevitable title celebration, with the team of Arne Slot now needed only one point from five games to secure the 20th Premier League club crown.

Both Arsenal and Palace will move their attention to their semi -final matches. Men Oliver Glasnera travel to Wembley on Saturday to face Aston Villa to a place in the FA Cup final, while Arteta Tim welcomes PSG in the first leg of the Champions League in the last four on Tuesday.

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And while the result is likely to have a little influence on the Arsenal and Palace campaign, Gunners chief was no less dissatisfied with his team exhibition.

“We are disappointed with the results and performance. We have not found enough consistency in our actions to earn the right to fully dominate the game,” Artea said.

“We started giving messy balls, and we dropped the standards in certain defensive habits.

“It’s part of football, and that cost us two points.”

Asked if his players could be forgiven for looking at the upcoming conflict with PSG, Artete remained honest in her response.

“No, because we need consistency in every competition where we play to be the best.

“Today I think they (palaces) were very organized and deserve merit, but we also have to be critical of ourselves and watching what we have to do better.

Talking about the need for his team off the individual mistakes ahead of what he called the “most important game of the season” against PSG, Artea added: “Yes, for sure. It will cost you points. But they (mistakes) are part of football. It is harmful, but I think we have to accept that when we play these things can happen.

“Now we have to recover, bring back energy and focus completely on that game.”