Arsenal 1-0 Arsenal: Hector Bellerin Scores Late Winner

Hector Bellerin (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Arsenal drew 1-1 with Slavia Prague in the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, but The Gunners right-back Hector Bellerin believes his team can still retaliate in the second leg.

The match took place at the Emirates Stadium on Friday morning, with both teams playing a goalless draw in the first half.

Arsenal opened the scoring in the 86th minute through Nicolas Pepe, but Tomas Holes sealed Arsenal's victory in front with a equaliser in injury time. The match finished 1-1.

The Gunners travel to Slavia's headquarters on Friday next week, and a goalless draw could see Mikel Arteta's side eliminated in the Europa League.

"Well, obviously it's very disappointing not to win this game, let alone you feel like you can win," Arsenal right-back Hector Bellerin said after the match as quoted by Antara from Arsenal's official website.

'It's hard to accept, but in the end there's still everything to play for and it's 1-1. We know how they play and I think we had a really good moment in the game," he continued.

"We overcame their pressure and we created a lot of chances, so there was nothing I had to worry about going to Prague and doing the work there."

"You can blame the team as you like, but in the end it depends on the goals we score and the goals that go into our goal, and I think throughout the game we put ourselves in situations where we could lead, but this is football."