Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said that his players have nothing to be embarrassed about in their defeat to Bradford City in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
The Gunners suffered a 3-2 defeat on penalties to the League Two club at Valley Parade on Tuesday.
"You feel embarrassed when you don't give everything," Wenger told Arsenal's official website. "I feel the team did fight and will be more disappointed and frustrated."
Wenger added that although he is disappointed with their loss, he is pleased with his players' effort.
"I feel we gave a lot," said the Frenchman. "It's difficult to make the game the whole time. We played with a very offensive team.
"What is disappointing is [we played] basically over an hour with five strikers and couldn't score. We created a lot of different situations. You have to say they defended very well. It's difficult to play this kind of game.
"I know people will say 'it's League Two', but a cup game is a cup game. In football you always have a chance if you give everything. They did that tonight and we put ourselves in a difficult situation by being 1-0 down."
Arsenal's next game is against Reading away from home in the Premier League next Monday.
Subhankar Mondal
