Arsenal wasted no time in going in search of the goal that they required to level the tie and shortly after Alex Iwobi had sent a shot straight at Denis Scherbitski, the Gunners went in front.
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Arsenal suffered a 1-0 defeat at BATE Borisov on a night forward Alexandre Lacazette will want to forget after being sent off late on in the first legs of the Europa League last 32 on Thursday.
The Blues took to the training field on Tuesday as manager Maurizio Sarri put his players through their paces ready to take on BATE.
The out of favour Nigerian replaced Willian in the 57th minute
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard will miss Thursday’s Europa League tie against Belarusian side BATE Borisov with a back injury and faces a race to be fit for Sunday’s Premier League game against Burnley, manager Maurizio Sarri said.
The Gunners, who went into the match with a 100 per cent record in this season’s competition, were unable to find the breakthrough against their Serbian visitors, who came closest to scoring when they hit the crossbar in the first half
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last 31 Premier League matches against newly-promoted sides (W26 D5), collecting 83 points from a possible 93 since losing 1-2 to QPR in March 2012
Arsenal took control of proceedings, with Walcott striking the post after latching onto Jack Wilshere’s through-ball
Both English sides face difficult tasks to advance to the knockout stages when the group phase begins on September 14
The hosts dominated the first half
Barcelona Luis Enrique’s men go into Wednesday’s clash aiming to complete the double over BATE, having already beaten the Belarusian side in the group last month