Kieran Tierney admits life is ‘terrible’ at Arsenal and says ‘everything is going wrong’ after shock Burnley defeat

KIERAN TIERNEY has confessed that things are ‘terrible’ at Arsenal right now.

Sunday’s shocking 1-0 defeat to Burnley saw the Gunners lose four home league games in a row for the first time since 1959.

Tierney was part of the Arsenal side that lost 1-0 to Burnley at home[/caption]

It was a game littered with ill discipline and mistakes, including a brainless red card for Granit Xhaka and an own goal by Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang.

The display summed up just how badly it is going right now for Mikel Arteta’s side, who are just five points off the relegation zone.

More punishment could yet come when in-form Southampton visit the Emirates on Wednesday.

Defender Tierney pulled no punches in his assessment of the situation, laying the blame squarely at the players’ door.

The Scot said: “It’s not good enough. There is no way to disguise it. It’s terrible, to be honest. 

“It’s not what we are, not where we are as a club. It’s not what the fans deserve, it’s not what the manager deserves, it’s not what the board and that deserve. 

“It’s us players that need to take responsibility for this. It’s on us and nobody else. 

“We have got a great manager and we believe in him 100 per cent. The blame is on us, nobody else.”

Tierney did not want to comment on Xhaka’s game-changing moment, when the Swiss was dismissed after VAR caught him grabbing Ashley Westwood by the throat.

The left-back’s refusal to lay any blame on Arteta was admirable and understandable, given no one in their right mind publicly slams their boss.

But it will not save the Gunners chief from scathing criticism elsewhere.

On Sunday, Arteta is due to celebrate his one-year anniversary in charge at the Emirates – if celebrate is the right term for the strangest of tenures.

Real progress was clear to see over the summer as a clutch of whizkids and Aubameyang helped land an FA Cup and Community Shield double.

Everything is going wrong, isn’t it? Things that can go wrong, are going wrong

Kieran Tierney

But form has fallen off a cliff this term, both individually and collectively.

Aubameyang has now scored just two goals – in the right net – in 12 games this term, and is looking a shadow of the player he was before signing his latest contract.

While the team have mustered only two goals in their last EIGHT Premier League fixtures.

Arteta claimed after the Burnley debacle that the main issue was simply putting the ball in the onion bag.

But Tierney feels Arsenal are the victim of Murphy’s Law right now: where anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

The ex-Celtic man said: “Everything is going wrong, isn’t it? 

“We are working on the right things, we are doing the right things in training, we are working as hard as we can. 

“But things that can go wrong are going wrong. That happens in football. 

“It is the lowest we have probably all felt in our careers and nobody is going to help us except ourselves. 

“So we just need to keep believing, keep positive. I know it is hard. 

“I know the fans deserve much better and all I can do is apologise to every single one of the supporters through these tough times. 

“We just need to work hard. It is easy enough to say we want to do better, but we need to actually show we want to do better.”

Such honesty should go down well with Gooners who are well aware of just how dire the situation has become.

At this point, they will not only be fearing but probably expecting defeat against Ralph Hasenhuttl’s pressing obsessives on Wednesday.

The team are clearly devoid of confidence but Tierney refused to use that as an excuse for a club this big.

He put it best when saying: “It’s Arsenal. It’s just not good enough.”

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk