Alexandre Lacazette was sent off as Arsenal suffered a shock Europa League defeat to BATE Borisov in the first leg of their last-32 tie, with Stanislav Dragun’s header separating the sides.
Letting the team down like that is the worst feeling..
I should have stayed calm but it’s not always easy.. Sorry ?
There are still 90 minutes to play and I believe that my teammates will make it to the next round.. #COYG #Laca— Alexandre Lacazette (@LacazetteAlex) February 14, 2019
Unai Emery’s team spurned early chances in the first half through Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Lacazette, before BATE scored on the stroke of half-time as Igor Stasevich’s whipped free-kick was headed powerfully past Petr Cech by Dragun.
In the second half, Lacazette had the ball in the net in the 56th minute but was ruled offside.
Emery threw on Lucas Torreira, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang and Denis Suarez from the bench but to little avail and frustrations boiled over when Lacazette was dismissed for elbowing Aleksandar Filipovic in the 86th minute.