Arsenal defender unhappy with Leeds United draw as Gunner rues missed opportunity at Elland Road

Leeds had the most attempts from any side in the first half of any Premier League game this season in Sunday's clash at Elland Road and then saw Arsenal reduced to ten men six minutes after the break.

Gunners winger Nicolas Pepe was shown a straight-red card for dropping his head into the face of Gjanni Alioski after an altercation between the duo and United's dominance continued with the hosts hitting the frame of the goal three times.

Arsenal only mustered nine attempts at goal yet Spanish right back Bellerin said he still left West Yorkshire believing the Gunners could have bagged more than just a point.

Bellerin told Arsenal Media: "I have to say I have loads of mixed feelings about the game.

"As a football player, the sentence 'being happy with a draw' doesn't really resonate with me.

"It doesn't matter what the circumstances are or if you're down to 10 men, I'm someone that always wants to win especially when we were able to in some situations.

"I think the game, at the end, was defined by small margins.

"They hit the post a couple of times, we had a few free-kicks and corners towards the end that we didn't make use of.

"In these kinds of games, those are the chances that you need to take.

"At the end of the day, we looked solid at the back and we demonstrated that playing with 10 men and even against a team like Leeds, who are a team that don't get tired and go at you for the 95 minutes of the game.

"We still managed to keep them at bay and we need to take those positives.

"As a football player, I feel like even with 10 men I still want to win. I don't want to approach the game with a mindset that we're down to 10 men so now we have an excuse not to win this game."

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Thank you Laura Collins