'We didn't have an answer to anything they had'

Chris Wilder looks on with Mikel Arteta in the backgroundImage source, Getty Images
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Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder, speaking to BBC MOTD after Monday's 6-0 home defeat by Arsenal: "Arsenal were outstanding. We didn't track runners and made it pretty easy for them to open us up.

"They cut us wide open. They are doing that to a lot of teams. I'm not saying that makes us feel better because that is another long night for this club.

"[Bukayo] Saka took us to pieces down that side. You have to try to stem the tide, especially when they are in full flow. When they get five at the top of the pitch, they find that pass and movement - then it is difficult to stop.

"We didn't have an answer to anything they had. The result is what the result is and we have to live with it."

Did you know?

  • Sheffield United have become the first side in English league football to concede five or more goals in four successive home games and the first side to lose three consecutive home league games by at least a five-goal margin.

  • This was the fourth time this season the Blades have lost a home league game by at least five goals, becoming the first side in a top-flight campaign to do so.

  • Jayden Bogle scored Sheffield United's fifth own goal in the Premier League this season, more than any other side in the competition.

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