Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard rued giving West Ham “hope when they were basically dead” – admitting his side did “stupid things” on the ball to let the hosts back in the game.
The Norwegian midfielder also admitted that the Gunners were guilty of repeating their mistakes from the previous week.
“A lot of the same things to last week,” Odegaard told Sky Sports when asked how the game ran away from Arsenal.
“We played really well in the beginning, controlled everything and it went the way we wanted. Then we stopped with that.
“We gave them a little bit of the game they wanted. We gave them hope when they were basically dead. It’s on us.
“We started to do a lot of stupid things with the ball and we let them play long balls, they got a lot of throw-ins and corners and we let them play on their qualities.
“We have to make sure this is not a problem. The most important thing is the next game.”
