sport news Petr Cech rues Arsenal's lack of cutting edge after shock defeat by BATE Borisov

'If we played another couple of hours we wouldn't have scored': Petr Cech rues Arsenal's lack of cutting edge after shock defeat by BATE Borisov Arsenal slipped to a shock Europa League defeat in Belarus on Thursday night Petr Cech felt the loss was down to a toothless attacking performance Alexandre Lacazette was sent off with five minutes left of the first leg

By Mark Mann-bryans, Press Association Sport

Published: 11:21 GMT, 15 February 2019 | Updated: 11:21 GMT, 15 February 2019

View
comments

Petr Cech felt a toothless attacking display from Arsenal was the reason behind their surprise Europa League defeat at BATE Borisov.

A Stanislav Dragun header on the stroke of half-time was enough for the Belarusian Premier League champions to seal a memorable 1-0 victory over a strong Arsenal side, who had striker Alexandre Lacazette sent off with five minutes remaining

Unai Emery made only two alterations from the team that had beaten Huddersfield on Saturday as Cech replaced Bernd Leno in goal and Granit Xhaka was recalled following a groin injury.

Petr Cech has rued Arsenal's limp attacking display in their 1-0 defeat by BATE Borisov

Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed a great chance in the opening 90 seconds before Lacazette headed badly over the crossbar when well-placed.

Cech pinpointed