BATE Borisov 1-0 Arsenal: Ten-man Gunners suffer shock defeat in first leg of Europa League clash

BATE Borisov 1-0 Arsenal: Ten-man Gunners suffer shock defeat in first leg of Europa League clash
Arsenal suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Belarusian champions BATE Borisov in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash.And to make matter worse, Alexandre Lacazette will miss the return leg after he was sent off for a flailing elbow in the game’s closing stages.3

Stanislaw Drahun was the hero for BATE

The Gunners dominated possession, as you might expect, but failed to create much on the boggy BATE pitch, and they were punished on the stroke of half-time whenStanislaw Drahun headed the hosts in front.It means Unai Emery’s men have no away goal to take back to the Emirates and will have to come from behind if they are to progress.Emery made just two changes from Saturday’s Premier League win at Huddersfield as Petr Cech started in goal with Granit Xhaka also recalled following a groin injury – although the decision to leave Mesut Ozil back in England will again come under close scrutiny following a poor display. Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed a glorious opportunity to put Arsenal ahead with less than two minutes on the clock, shooting straight at Denis Scherbitski after good work from Alex Iwobi and Sead Kolasinac.The hosts threatened with the occasional early counter-attack, Xhaka booked for pulling back Maksim Skavysh before Cech was forced into his first meaningful action of the night to keep out a shot from the BATE midfielder.Arsenal, though, were dominating possession even if they were struggling to do anything meaningful with the ball – Lacazette heading wildly over from close range after one move ended with Kolasinac crossing for the France forward.3

Arsenal were frustrated in Belarus

BATE were happy to soak up pressure and strike when given the rare opportunity to do so and looked more dangerous in and around the penalty area than their opponents.Kolasinac had to be in the right place at the right time to block Ihar Stasevich’s dangerous low cross but it was soon after that Nemanja Milic should have put BATE ahead yet he could only turn across onto the post from six yards.With the first half wearing on, Arsenal were still striving to play their natural game on a poor surface, with Kolasinac firing wide as he latched onto Shkodran Mustafi’s centre.3

Mkhitaryan failed to impose himself on the game

But it was BATE who went ahead as Dragun rose to head home Stasevich’s free-kick on the stroke of half-time after Monreal had upended Skavysh.Arsenal looked more lively after the restart but Lacazette saw a 55th-minute finish correctly ruled out for offside, with the lively Stasevich drawing a low save from Cech after beating the offside trap at the other end.Emery, still clearly unhappy at what he was witnessing, summoned Lucas Torreira and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the bench with 25 minutes remaining.Kolasinac again shot wide from an acute angle before being replaced by Denis Suarez as Emery once more turned to his substitutes in the hope of changing the game.It proved to be in vain, with a late red card for Lacazette – who swung an elbow at Aleksandar Filipovic as the pair tussled for the ball – only compounding a poor evening for Arsenal.

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Arsenal suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Belarusian champions BATE Borisov in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash. And to make matter worse, Alexandre Lacazette will miss the return leg after he was sent off for a flailing elbow in the game's closing stages.
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Arsenal suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Belarusian champions BATE Borisov in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash. And to make matter worse, Alexandre Lacazette will miss the return
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