UEFA Europa League 2019/20: 3 reasons why Arsenal drew with Vitoria SC

#2 Vitoria show Arsenal no respect

Vitoria SC more than deserved their late equalizer after carving out numerous chances

It was clear from the off that Vitoria SC had little to no respect for the reputation and skills of their English opponents, and in all honesty it’d be easy to argue that they probably deserved all three points in this match. They flew out of the traps in the early going, with Pepe hitting the bar from long range and former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Marcus Edwards testing Emiliano Martinez with a drive from the edge of the box.

Later in the first half, the Portuguese side caught Arsenal cold from set-pieces, with both Davidson and Frederico Venancio wasting excellent chances after the Gunners’ defence was caught napping. Venancio’s header, in particular, was a gilt-edged chance that really should’ve ended in a goal.

It looked like Vitoria were going to pay for their profligacy when Shkodran Mustafi opened the scoring for Arsenal, but eventually, the Portuguese side were able to find a goal when a good run and cross from Edwards was cleared badly by the Gunners, allowing Bruno Duarte to acrobatically find the net with a bicycle kick.

It was no less than Vitoria deserved – they had 15 shots to Arsenal’s 7 in this game and will probably count themselves unlucky.