Arteta: We can beat Chelsea, and we suffered a severe blow

Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta appeared in press statements after the 1-0 loss to Inter, in the fourth round of the Champions League.

The coach said: “I Very proud of my players, and the level of control we had. We were hit very hard, obviously, in both penalty kicks.”

He added: “If you were to award a penalty kick ( In favor of Inter due to a handball on Merino), a penalty kick should be awarded in our favor (the Inter goalkeeper intervened on Merino).

He continued: “There is no deviation, there is no Something you can do inside the box, so he can escape it. If the first one was awarded against us, the other one should have been a 100% penalty in our favor.”

He stressed: “We should have scored at least two goals but the way he played The team, it was us at least. Every decision inside the penalty area makes a difference.”

He concluded: “The way we played tonight, the team can go to Chelsea and win (Sunday in the Premier League).”