Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta admits pressure of being booted out after Gunners suffer 1-2 loss to Wolves; endure worst start to season in 39 years
Arsenal players are stunned after conceding a goal against Wolves in an English Premier League match on Sunday. Pic/Getty Images
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has brushed aside questions about whether he is concerned about the sack after the club endured its worst start to a season since 1981. Arsenal lost 1-2 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, their third successive Premier League defeat.
String of losses
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The Gunners are 14th in the table after five losses in their opening 10 EPL games and they have been beaten in their past three home matches. Arsenal's form has not been helped by their lack of bite in front of goal with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a shadow of the player he was last season.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta
Gabriel's first-half goal against Wolves was their first in open play in the Premier League in six games. Defeat also came a year to the day that Arteta's predecessor Unai Emery was sacked.
However, Arteta, 38, says he will not be distracted by questions over his own future. "It's something that the day I decided to be a coach I know that one day I will be sacked or leave the football club," he said. "I don't know if it's the day after I sign my contract, in a month's time, a year's time or six months' time. I never worry about it. My only concern is to get the best out of the players, give the best possible service to the club and become better and better. "I know, I repeat, in this profession, one day I will get the sack or leave but I don't know when that is going to happen."
Spurs go atop EPL table
Meanwhile, Tottenham moved to the top of the EPL with a goalless draw against title rivals Chelsea. Jose Mourinho's side climbed above previous leaders Liverpool on goal difference after a sterile London derby at Stamford Bridge.
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