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  Arteta urges Arsenal to ‘stand up’ after title bid rocked by Wolves draw" appears to be from a recent news story (published around February 18-19, 2026) about Arsenal's frustrating 2-2 Premier League draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Arsenal, as league leaders, blew a 2-0 lead—Bukayo Saka scored early, followed by Piero Hincapie's goal—allowing Wolves (bottom of the table) to fight back with Hugo Bueno's strike and a late equalizer (reported as a 94th-minute goal, possibly from Tom Edozie on debut or involving an own goal element in some accounts). In his post-match press conference, Mikel Arteta expressed deep disappointment, insisting the team "have to blame ourselves" for not maintaining standards, especially in the second half where they "didn't show anything close to the level required." He acknowledged the performance fell short, deserved criticism ("Any question, criticism, opinion, you have to take it on the chin today"), and ...

  Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says he’s optimistic the Gunners can get the maximum three points against Inter Milan in tonight’s UEFA Champions League at the San Siro Stadium. Arsenal are ​top of the standings on maximum points and the only undefeated team in the competition going into the penultimate matchday of the league phase. Last season, Arsenal fell to a ‌1-0 defeat by Inter at the San Siro, and Arteta expects another tough challenge ‌when the sides meet in Milan on Tuesday. Arteta also stated that the Gunners must show that they are better than last year. “Performance and results have an impact emotionally on the team to a level of confidence and the aim tomorrow is to come here and win the ⁠game,” Arteta said. “That’s a step that we didn’t take last year and we have to show that we are better than last year. “I think the task is going to be equally difficult. But I think we had, watching it back, a really strong performance here and the margin that we lost the game, by a ...