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Mustafi believes Arsenal need a change of mentality from the loss to Watford to
beat Chelsea.
Wenger
admitted his men were not available in the first half and did not expect the
challenge from Watford, as they lost 2-1.
This is
Mustafi’s first loss as a Gunner and it has put the Emirates club nine points
behind leaders Chelsea.
Asked
whether the players or manager should take responsibility for the result, and
the slow start, Mustafi told Sky Sports: “Personally I think the first thing
you do is blame yourself first. The most important thing is to look what you
have done wrong in the game. Then blame others.
“The players
are on the pitch, we blame ourselves before we blame the manager. We have to
take that responsibility and then answer.”
“It can only
be mental. We know we can play better and we were sloppy at the start.
“It’s all
about mentality, being there from the first minute and knowing the Premier
League is a difficult competition and teams are going to go for the opportunity
they have, which Watford did. They ran at us and defended well. We were not
clever or concentrated enough to stop them.
“We were not
there, they ran all over us, and we cannot be happy with that at home. We have
to bounce back, it’s a big game against Chelsea, we will try to be there from
the first minute to the last second.”
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