Claudio Ranieri has rued his side’s costly mistakes against Arsenal.
The Cottagers lost 4-1 on the night to the Gunners. They have now conceded 40 girls and have the worst defensive record in the league which has seen them languishing in the relegation zone.
Ranieri said: “If you analyse you think, okay, the first half-an-hour before their first goal, we created two great chances. The Arsenal crowd was, ‘Oh! What happened?’ and started to boo their players. But they scored with their first chance because we made mistakes in the middle of the box. In the second half, other little mistakes.”
“After we re-opened the match and had two chances to draw. But when you make mistakes against a big team, and then also we were a little tired, we don’t have the quality of Arsenal. Four goals, but I do not think our performance was bad. We could have drawn.”
With the January transfer window now open, Ranieri admitted he will need to strengthen with his side embroiled in a relegation battle. I think it’s something we have to do, but I will speak with the owner,” Ranieri said. “We have to improve, but I am very pleased with my players because they tried to do their best – that is important. If we have the chance to buy some good players – welcome.”
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