{"id":336041,"date":"2025-12-08T00:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/336041\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T00:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T00:58:07","slug":"jurrien-timber-urges-arsenal-to-use-aston-villa-loss-as-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/336041\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurri\u00ebn Timber urges Arsenal to use Aston Villa loss as motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> defender Jurri\u00ebn Timber<\/a> wants to use his sides’s last-gasp defeat at Aston Villa<\/a> as motivation to get their Premier League<\/a> title bid back on track.<\/p>\n

The Gunners saw an 18-match unbeaten run in all competitions end as Emiliano Buend\u00eda<\/a> scored the with the last kick of the game to give Villa a 2-1 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It turned into a damaging day for Mikel Arteta’s side as their lead at the summit was cut to just two points after Manchester City<\/a> beat Sunderland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Timber, who had to play at centre-back amid an injury crisis, says his side need to use the loss to drive them on.<\/p>\n

Jurri\u00ebn Timber has called on his side to use their defeat against Aston Villa as motivation.\u00a0Photo by Nick Potts\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

“I think in the end you need to use it as a motivation and in the end as a strength, because it happened and we need to accept it and we need to get better,” he said.<\/p>\n

“At the same time, within the season, I think these moments happen, set-backs, and you just have to step up after that.”<\/p>\n

Timber, usually a right-back, was forced to play in the middle with injuries to central pair William Saliba<\/a> and Gabriel.<\/p>\n

Cristhian Mosquera<\/a> has also been ruled out for “weeks” with an ankle problem and Timber says the fitness issues have disrupted Arsenal’s campaign.<\/p>\n

“Yes, it is [a disruption],” he said. “I think we have a great squad. I think players that come in always do really good, but obviously it’s not always easy.<\/p>\n

“We can’t play every week with the same players and if players go out again, it’s tough.<\/p>\n

“But I think it’s also part of… it happens within the season.<\/p>\n

“I think it happens at every club. With us it’s the same and we just have to manage that with and win our games.”<\/p>\n

Victory for Villa announced their arrival in the title race as they moved to within three points of Arsenal.<\/p>\n

– Cristhian Mosquera injury blow confirmed after Villa defeat
–<\/a> Arteta: Arsenal ‘open’ to January transfers after injuries
–<\/a> Salah’s Liverpool outburst has shades of Ronaldo’s United exit<\/a><\/p>\n

Unai Emery’s side are on a roll, winning nine of their last 10 Premier League games.<\/p>\n

They took the lead at Villa Park through Matty Cash<\/a>‘s opener but were pegged back by Leandro Trossard<\/a> early in the second half.<\/p>\n

Buendia’s goal sparked mass scenes of celebration at the death.<\/p>\n

Cash said on the club’s official website: “We’ve got to take it game by game and just keep working hard and taking it in our stride.<\/p>\n

“At the minute, we’re on a great run, but we know it’s not even Christmas yet.<\/p>\n

“We have to keep being demanding, keep being consistent and we’ll see where it takes us.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal defender Jurri\u00ebn Timber wants to use his sides’s last-gasp defeat at Aston Villa as motivation to get…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-336041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}