"we didnt take our chances" says our star man
Arsenal found themselves at the end of a one nil defeat to BATE, who were tipped to be defeated by the english club. But instead Arsenal of recording a victory lacked the ability to put the ball between the sticks, but instead let the ball between their own goal. Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed a simple chance to put the Gunners ahead within 90 seconds in Belarus, while Alexandre Lacazette – who was sent off late on – also missed with an easy header. After the game Arsenal No 1 on the night confessed that his team lacked the fire power to score even if they played for hours more. ‘Yesterday it was one of those games where if we played for another couple of hours probably we wouldn’t have scored, ‘But there are games in football like that. You try, you play, the goal does not arrive and you have to go home with the result you don’t want but you have to pick yourself up and be ready for the second leg. ‘This is the advantage of playing two-legged ties – when one game goes