"A f*****g funeral" - Mikel Arteta dubbed Arsenal's 2021-22 season a 'disaster' after they slipped below Tottenham

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta labeled his team's most recent season a 'disaster' after they surrended their top four place to Tottenham Hotspur.

The Gunners have enjoyed an excellent start to their current Premier League campaign after winning their opening two games. The squad are attempting to recover from a poor finish to last season, where they lost six of their last 12 league encounters.

Arsenal had a golden opportunity to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since the 2015/16 season, but they fell away, losing fourth spot to Tottenham.

Footage has emerged from Arsenal's All or Nothing documentary on Amazon Prime of Arteta berating his squad. The Spaniard was furious as he told his players (as per The Star):

"After the game, I didn't want to talk to you. I was sure that I was going to say something that I was going to regret. But I tell you today - it was a f***g disaster. I look in your eyes and I tell you that it was a f*ing disaster. It was nowhere near the level that we have to play.

"After losing two games at this club to Crystal Palace and Brighton it has to be a f*****g funeral. A funeral. You know why you didn't win? Because there is something missing. Something missing inside you. When you go out there something is missing. So how do we change it? We change it in training."

Mikel Arteta launches into astonishing rant at Arsenal players after blowing top four spot

The Gunners' fate was all but sealed when they lost 2-0 at Newcastle United on the penultimate matchday of the 2021/22 league season.

Following the defeat, Arteta couldn't contain his anger towards his stars as he screamed (as quoted by The Chronicle):

"It doesn’t matter what I say, it doesn’t matter what you say now, it is too late. They were 10,000 times better than us today, in everything. We didn’t earn the right to play, we didn’t win a fing duel, we didn’t win a second ball, we were horrible with the fing ball, we had no organisation, we had nothing guys. Nothing!

"So now [zips mouth shut], shut your mouth and eat it. We could have conceded eight goals, and when you see the chances you will cry. You will cry the way we have competed. It’s not the way we have competed, it’s that we didn’t compete at all in the game."

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MUTINDO

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2022-08-18 06:32

It really affected most of Arsenal fans me personally it took for me a month when I don't want to hear anything related to football after missing out on C. League... Luckily enough Arteta is assembling a competitive squad the following Season... Trust The process Arsenal will play Champions League and Lift it with this coach Arteta ❤️🤍🔥🔥🔥🔥
Menabilst

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2022-08-18 05:43

I love Arteta very much. The mentality that Arsenal cannot, and should not and should never finish below spurs is Superp!
Solmax

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2022-08-18 05:20

😅😅😅😅😅 Tough man Arteta , best thing dat has happened to our club since Wenger .

"After the game, I didn't want to talk to you. I was sure that I was going to say something that I was going to regret. But I tell you today - it was a f*****g disaster. I look in your eyes and I tell you that it was a f***ing disaster. It was nowhere near the level that we have to play.

Mikel Arteta launches into astonishing rant at Arsenal players after blowing top four spot

"So now [zips mouth shut], shut your mouth and eat it. We could have conceded eight goals, and when you see the chances you will cry. You will cry the way we have competed. It’s not the way we have competed, it’s that we didn’t compete at all in the game."

"After the game, I didn't want to talk to you. I was sure that I was going to say something that I was going to regret. But I tell you today - it was a f***g disaster. I look in your eyes and I tell you that it was a f*ing disaster. It was nowhere near the level that we have to play.