JAKARTA - Arsenal were helpless against Lens in the Champions League. Starting with a plane delay due to a storm, Arsenal finally had to admit Lens' lead 2-1 in Group B matches at the Bollaert-Delelis Stadium, Wednesday, October 4 in the morning WIB.
Arsenal are disrupted in preparation for Lens because their flight to France from Luton Airport has been delayed for five hours.
Bad weather with a storm rocked made Arsenal fail to attend a press conference ahead of the match.
However, Arsenal was not sanctioned by UEFA for not attending a press conference. This is because force majeur or natural events are not expected with a storm that caused the plane carrying the Arsenal team to not be able to fly on schedule.
Coach Mikael Arteta, who is at risk of being present at the presidential conference, confirmed the incident did not interfere with Arsenal's preparations. They remain focused on fighting Lens. However, the Gunners failed to score points in away matches.
The result made Arsenal stuck in second place with three points. Meanwhile, Lens topped the standings after having four points.
In that match, Arsenal started with an offensive game that was able to put pressure on the hosts. Arsenal immediately took the lead when Gabriel Jesus found the opponent's goal in the 14th minute. This was Jesus' 22nd goal in the Champions League.
However, the Gunners were unable to maintain the advantage. In the 25th minute, goalkeeper David Raya's mistake was successfully exploited by Adrien Thomasson to equalize the score to 1-1.
In a draw, Arsenal were hit with an injury from Bukayo Saka which forced him to be pulled out in the 34th minute. This is the third time Saka has suffered an injury in nine days.
Arteta was judged to have gambling when he started Saka. The reason is, Saka has just recovered from injury.
Now, this England national team player is doubtful of being able to appear against Manchester City in the big match weekend in the English Premier League.
Despite losing one of the pillar players, Arsenal were still able to keep up with Lens. But they conceded when Elye Wahi scored the winner in the 69th minute. The score 2-1 for Lens lasted until the end of the match.
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