Unai Emery says Arsenal must control his frustration after Alexandre Lacazette's red card | Football News

Arsenal lost 1-0 while Lacazette was sent off for an elbow

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Arsenal manager Unai Emery said his players did not deserve to lose to BATE Borisov in the Europa League and that the second leg would be different

Arsenal head coach, Unai Emery, has promised that his team would be "different" for the return leg of their last Europa League match against BATE Borisov, but had to "control the frustration" after having lost 1-0 on Thursday.

Stanislav Dragun scored the only goal of the match at half-time and Alexandre Lacazette was sent off in the 85th minute, as Arsenal failed to find equalization.

"It's the first game," Emery said. "We're going to play another 90 minutes next week and I'm sure it will be different."

Lacazette was sacked after targeting Aleksandar Filipovic after the Serbian defender fouled the French striker, who will miss the second leg.

Lacazette saw red late in Arsenal's defeat at BATE

Emery said: "I have not seen the action but we have to control the frustration.It's bad news, this red card.The next week we will not play with [Lacazette]. But that gives chances to another player. "

The Spaniard has chosen to look forward to next week's rendezvous in London, adding: "Our great opportunity is at home next week.This is not the expected result today.We deserved more, but they have worked for that, next week will be different with our supporters.

"We can win or lose, but we're playing the second game and I'm counting on our work and our preparations to get a different result at Emirates Stadium."

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Emery defended a selection of teams that left Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Lucas Torreira and new rookie Denis Suarez on the bench until the end of the match. Mesut Ozil did not even go to Belarus.

"Every player is ready to play," said Emery, explaining why he was largely tied to the team that beat Huddersfield 2-1 on Saturday. "Today, those who were here, we can win with them and we deserve it.

"Last week, we won and we played with the same players, and for me today the performance has not changed, we deserved to win but we did not get the result. .

"They were very organized on the defensive and they found the right moment in the match," he told BATE. "It's not for one player or another, we can win with each player and lose with the same players."

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