Mikel Arteta believes that lessons will be learnt ahead of the second leg in a week’s time after our 2-2 draw against Sporting CP.
Willam Saliba put us ahead, but we found ourselves trailling thanks to goals either side of the break from Goncalo Inacio and Paulinho.
However Hidemasa Morita’s own goal levelled things up, and having managed to grab a draw after a pulsating encounter at the Estadio Jose Alvalade, Mikel feels we’ll be better on our own patch next week.
Speaking post-macth, he said: “We had periods in the game where we were in a lot of control, but we lacked a little bit of strength in the final third because obviously we had to adjust today with the players we did not have available.