Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno has spoken out on his decisive error against Southampton.
Germany international failed to catch the ball after Shane Long's cross on 85th minute and let Charlie Austin score Southampton's 3rd goal.
“The last goal was a little bit unlucky for me, I wanted to get the cross because Austin was completely free and it was so close." he told the club's
official website .
“No risk, no fun. Maybe next time I will get the ball or I will stay on the line, look at the ball and then nobody says ‘you came out and didn’t get the ball’. That’s the life of a goalkeeper but I would do it again.”
“We came back twice and I think we controlled the game, but we made too many mistakes, too many easy mistakes, and that was the reason we didn’t get a draw or win the game,”
“It was not easy defensively because this line of defence didn’t play together before. We have a big squad so we have many players who can play in defence or at centre back, so hopefully it won’t be a problem. I hope there will be no more injuries.
“After 22 games you can lose a game, so it is disappointing but now nobody talks anymore about the unbeaten run and we can look forward. We have Spurs on Wednesday - another big game - and maybe now we can start another unbeaten run.” he added.
Arsenal's 22 match unbeaten run under Unai Emery is now over.
Gunners are currently 5th in the league.
Meanwhile, Arsenal knew the name of their Europa League Round of 16 opponent.