Speaking to BT Sport, Arsenal manager Unai Emery said: "We lost here but for the Europa League, we have the last match to achieve that. We showed an improvement in the first half and we had a lot of opportunities to score but we did not take them. The first five or ten minutes of the second half were good but then we lost control for 15 minutes and we could not change the result. We tried to come back but we did not create any big opportunities to score."

On the fans: "They helped the players and the help Granit Xhaka. At the last moment they were angry."

On leaving Alexandre Lacazette and Nicolas Pepe on the bench: "We had some injuries and we needed to change David Luiz and then we had a problem with Mustafi.

"Xhaka wanted to continue playing. His match today was good and he helped the team. I am being positive but I'm also realistic and we lost against a good opponent. We have improved from our last match and we are still first and have the opportunity to qualify, but we missed the opportunity tonight."