"I liked that emotionally we understood what we had to do, but the level of execution obviously has to be better. And it will be better in the second leg. We'll adapt a few things and move on."
"There's always two sides to that. One is the element of the opponent, that they picked that weakness and that lack of attention or urgency in both situations. And the other one is us because we knew, we showed them three clips from last weekend in three different ways and we weren't ready for that and we got caught."
"Football is a funny game and it brings special stories. Him coming back here after such a long time, being part of this club, to come here and score."
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta acknowledged his team must significantly improve their performance ahead of the second leg against Bayer Leverkusen at the Emirates. Despite an eight-win perfect record in the league phase, Arsenal conceded within seconds of the second-half kickoff when Robert Andrich headed in from a corner. The Gunners equalized through a 90th-minute penalty converted by Kai Havertz after Noni Madueke was fouled in the box. Arteta criticized Arsenal's defensive lapse from set-pieces, noting they had been warned about Leverkusen's threat but failed to execute properly. He expressed confidence in adapting tactics for the decisive second leg.
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