Arsenal and Benfica played out a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the Europa League Round of 32 here on Friday.After this draw, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said that his tea, was not "ruthless enough" in the encounter against Benfica.

A website quoted Arteta as saying,  "I think we had to leave the stadium today with much more than we have right now. Everything is completely open for next Thursday." He furthed added,  "We have some positives to take from the game because we dominated the game and we had patches of really good moments where we created some big chances. We weren't ruthless enough in the opponents' box and the disappointing thing obviously was the way we conceded the goal." He also praised Saka's performance. Arteta said: "I think he's in a great moment, he's full of confidence. He's been really important in recent results. His form is probably the highest that it's been since I've been here and he's been really consistent. He needs to keep going and (we need to) be wise with him because at the moment he's a big part of the team."

Arsenal and Benfica will lock horns with each other in the second leg on Thursday. 

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