Ten-man Atletico seize initiative after Arsenal lose their concentration

foul on Lacazette with barely ten minutes played.

Simeone was incredulous on the touchline and was dismissed by referee Clement Turpin shortly after for another over-the-top reaction to a Hector Bellerin foul.

Arsenal took until 61 minutes to turn their possession into a goal. Just as it looked as though they were starting to run out of ideas, Lacazette rose high to head home Wilshere’s looping cross.

But Arsenal gifted the visitors what could prove a precious equaliser eight minutes from time. A long ball forward was not dealt with by Laurent Koscielny, whose clearance hit Griezmann with the striker’s first shot squeezing through David Ospina’s legs before he con-