Lens shock Arsenal 2-1 at Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Lens won against Arsenal 2-1 at home and shocked Mikel Arteta’s team that had trouble landing in the city yesterday. Still, today, the problems continued on the pitch, and even as a big favorite, the Gunners will leave France defeated.

Arsenal’s first loss of the season coming at the hands of RC Lens…

Not the ideal preparation for Man City this weekend. 🤦‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/kmClBcarbd

— 90min (@90min_Football) October 3, 2023

Arsenal took the lead in the 14^th minute when Gabriel Jesus scored after Bukayo Saka’s assist. However, the French side tied the clash in the 25^th minute when Adrien Thomasson scored after Elye Wahi’s assist.

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Bukayo Saka left the pitch in the 34^th minute with an injury and was replaced by Fabio Vieira.

In the 69^th minute, Lens took the lead for the 1^st time in the match when Elye Wahi scored after Przemyslaw Frankowski’s assist, which ended up being the winning goal in the clash.

🇫🇷💥 Elye Wahi (20) puts RC Lens 2-1 up vs Arsenal! Big performance from him. He has 4 G/A in his last 3 games. pic.twitter.com/J6VjHVu0xt

— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) October 3, 2023

Lens is in 1^st place in Group B with 4 points after 2 matches, while Arsenal is in 2^nd place with 3 points after 2 games.