Mikel Arteta admitted his Arsenal were “punished” for “mistakes” in their Champions League quarter final with Bayern Munich.
Bukayo Saka have Arsenal the lead in the first half at Emirates Stadium before the visitors hit back through Serge Gnabry and Harry Kane.
Leandro Trossard ensured next week’s second leg will start all square, however, with his late equaliser.
“We started pretty well, were dominant and didn’t concede anything. We scored a really good goal and, straight after that, it was a different match,” Arteta told TNT Sports.
“We gave the ball to our opponents and they scored, which created some uncertainty. The second goal was also an unusual one for us to concede.
“This is the Champions League: if you make mistakes, you get punished. We didn’t do a lot of the simple things to our normal standards.
“We allowed them to have spaces to run and they are very dangerous. But even at 2-1, we were composed, tried to find our rhythm and didn’t try to rush things.”
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