Arsenal could not afford to lose to Tottenham, admits Wenger

Arsene Wenger trusts Arsenal's main four expectations are slipping from their grip because of their misfortune to Tottenham on Saturday. 

Arsene Wenger concedes Arsenal couldn't bear to lose Saturday's derby to Tottenham and fears their main four expectations are starting to look thin. 

Harry Kane's second-half header secured the 1-0 win for Spurs at Wembley, which leaves the Gunners six focuses uncontrolled of fourth-set Chelsea, having played an amusement more. 

Winning the Europa League is starting to resemble Arsenal's most obvious opportunity with regards to securing an arrival to the Champions League and Wenger acknowledges their association crusade has endured a noteworthy blow. 

"It was a diversion we couldn't stand to lose," he told a news gathering. "It makes it more troublesome now [to complete in the best four] however we need to battle. 

"[Our away record] is exceptionally poor. I accept too, once they scored, that had an influence." 

Wenger seemed disappointed that Kane got away discipline for a push on Laurent Koscielny when he headed in Ben Davies' cross, however he later yielded the objective was reasonable. 

"I have no grievance," he said. "I watched it once more, it's a consistent objective. We can just take a gander at ourselves. 

"He is a super striker, truly outstanding on the planet who scores against everybody." 

Weapons store offered next to no in assault for a great part of the match, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil all frustrating, before substitute Alexandre Lacazette missed two clear shots in the end minutes. 

The Gunners have been reprimanded for their guarded shows now and again this season however Wenger trusts it is an inability to take their risks that has taken a toll them generally beyond a reasonable doubt. 

"The amusement ought to have been done at half-time for me. We missed open doors on the counter-assault. That isn't adequate at this level," he seethed. 

"The second half, we ought to have lost the amusement in the initial couple of minutes, they had heaps of possibilities. Toward the end, we ought to have returned to 1-1. 

"Football is tied in with scoring objectives. You can state we are not sufficiently solid, but rather you take a gander at the numbers and we don't score enough objectives. 

"I trust that we had openings, perilous circumstances that we didn't change into circumstances. That is the place my lament was. In the last ball, we missed something. 

"By and large, when you have a few open doors like we had in the last piece of the diversion, you need to take your risks. You won't have 10 possibilities; in the event that you don't take them, you will endure by the day's end."