What on earth have Arsenal become? Or what are they even trying to become? These questions cut raggedly through the cold air as Unai Emery’s strange team toiled against Belarusian opponents who have been on a winter break and not played a competitive game for nine weeks.
Bate Borisov still managed to more than nullify the best this flawed Arsenal incarnation could offer and inflict a defeat that was more worrying in its style as its result.
Written by Amy Lawrence at the Borisov Arena
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/14/bate-borisov-arsenal-europa-league-match-report under the title “Arsenal slip at Bate Borisov with Lacazette denied goal and sent off”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
