More from Arsenal boss Unai Emery, speaking to BBC Sport: “We knew it was going to be difficult, but at 1-0 we needed to get the second goal. In the 90 minutes we controlled the match and after the first goal we tried to get the second.

“After their goal we created more chances to score but they defended very well, they are very strong defensively and they showed us that today.

“We knew it is going to be difficult but our focus is now the Europa League. We have the opportunity in the Europa League to do something important and we will try and do that.”