Arsenal players 'fuming' after friendly defeat to Real Betis, admits Mikel Arteta

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/betis/vJbTeCGP/"]Betis[/a] ‌punished a series of defensive errors to ‌[a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/betis-vJbTeCGP/?mid=lOCRqtl1"]score three times in the first half[/a] through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/riquelme-rodrigo/2iQMPvBg/"]‌Rodrigo Riquelme[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/deossa-nelson/xYV9A9yU/"]Nelson Deossa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fornals-pablo/CfghB0gf/"]Pablo Fornals[/a], ‌with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/arsenal/hA1Zm19f/"]Arsenal[/a] responding through [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/hincapie-pedro/2TTElOLP/"]Piero Hincapie[/a] just after the half-hour mark.[/p][p][b]"Very upset, given a hard time. ‌They are fuming, but this ⁠is good. That's ‌what we need,"[/b] Arteta told reporters.[/p][p][b]"There are things to ​improve obviously, some positives to take from the game and then a ​bad result sometimes it's good to create even more fire in the belly."[/b][/p][embed guid="e8ce9a3b-d1ca-4eee-a0e8-442677287f47" url="https://x.com/Arsenal/status/2085145073042489800" social-type="twitter" /][p]Arsenal were without ⁠several key ​players including [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rice-declan/zkQ8Cm6n/"]Declan Rice[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/saka-bukayo/08NLEo06/"]Bukayo Saka[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/eze-eberechi/Stf4BYFn/"]Eberechi Eze[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/madueke-chukwunonso/Ac57P9Pt/"]Noni Madueke[/a], while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/odegaard-martin/ID32TGhp/"]Martin Odegaard[/a] has only recently resumed individual training.[/p][p]The Premier League champions ‌fielded a strong line-up, however, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gyokeres-viktor/zaBZ1xIk/"]Viktor Gyokeres[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/havertz-kai/rH8BZWiI/"]Kai Havertz[/a] and new signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tzolis-christos/484Acu9H/"]Christos Tzolis[/a] all starting the match.[/p][p]Midfielder [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/copley-louie/UgNy5CO0/"]Louie Copley[/a] suffered a knee injury shortly after coming on as a substitute and Arteta was concerned the 19-year-old may have sustained serious damage.[/p][p][b]"Quite worried to be fair for the kid ‌because the mechanism doesn't look very positive ​and the symptoms that he already has,"[/b] ‌the manager said.[/p][p][b]"So we are going to have to wait and see for tomorrow's scan. Touch wood that is not a bad one."[/b][/p][p]Arsenal begin their Premier League ⁠campaign against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry ⁠City[/a] on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/arsenal-hA1Zm19f/coventry-GOvB22xg/?mid=2q2NhX43"]August ‌21[/a].[/p]