Disaster for Arsenal as Slavia Prague score late equaliser to grab an away goal and leave Europa League quarter-final in the balance as Tomas Holes wipes out Nicolas Pepe's opener after wasteful display from Mikel Arteta's men at the Emirates

Daily Mail | April 8, 2021

The good news is Arsenal will head to the Czech capital next week with their Europa League hopes very much alive.

Nicolas Pepe came off the bench and gave Arsenal the lead after 86 minutes, but Tomas Holes headed a late, late equaliser to put the tie in the balance.

The not so good, is they will have to do something few have managed to reach the semi-finals and keep their season alive.

Arsenal were stunned at the death by Slavia Prague as Tomas Holes (left) headed home an equaliser from close range

Holes celebrates with his jubilant Slavia Prague team-mates after denying Arsenal in the dying moments on Thursday

Holes heads home past Bernd Leno in the dying moments of the game to give Slavia a precious away goal at the Emirates

It turned into a sour night for Mikel Arteta and his Arsenal side, who have it all to do to reach the Europa League semi-finals

Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka reacts after the injury-time hammer blow, with the Gunners having spurned several chances

Nobody has managed to beat Slavia Prague at their Sinobo Stadium home in all competitions all season and only four sides have managed to hold them to draws, with just two being the type of score draw that would be enough to see Arsenal into the next round in 90 minutes after this first-leg stalemate.