Arsenal defender Shkodran Mustafi has opened up on his disappointment after the Gunners drew 1-1 with Vitoria in the Champions League.
The German defender put Arsenal in front in the second half of the Europa League clash, with his 80th minute header the Gunners' first shot on target in the game.
It looked to have put Arsenal on course for a fourth win in a row in the competition, but Bruno Duarte equalised for Vitoria in injury time as the Gunners dropped points for the first time in the group.
But Mustafi admitted after the game that Arsenal could have done better to prevent the late equaliser.
"I would love to finish in the 90th minute but when you score a goal and you still have time left to play against a team like today they throw everything up front," he said, speaking to BT Sport after the game.
"Sometimes it’s not organised any more, they throw a lot of bodies in the box, they keep crossing, I think we could have done better but in the end we have to accept and take the point with us.
“We could have dealt with it [Vitoria’s goal] a little bit earlier, rather than letting them put the cross in. In the end you have to accept it and move forward, take the positive things from the game.
However, Mustafi hinted that it was not easy for the Gunners to deal with their opponents, having said that Arsenal took their time to familiarise themselves with a back three, having not played with that system in recent weeks.
"They are a good side. They are in the Europa League for a reason, they have quality and are quite compact," he said.
"We played with a back three, a system for a long time we didn’t play. So we needed our time a little bit to get the rhythm in. In the first half we didn’t do as we wanted. I think we came out better in the second half, had better rhythm, better passing.
"We need to stay calm. Everyone wants to show and give everything, sometimes when you are over-motivated it’s difficult to deal with that. ‘But I think at the end of the day we need to stay calm, play our football, believe in ourselves and then in the final third try and do it a little bit more intelligently with more accuracy with our last pass.’
