Lens 2-1 Arsenal: Player ratings as Saka injured in shock defeat

Bukayo Saka hobbled off during a shock defeat for Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday evening.

The wide player was subbed off in the 35th minute of the Gunners' 2-1 defeat to Lens at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, in which a Adrien Thomasson goal cancelled out Gabriel Jesus' opener before a fantastic Elye Wahi strike earned the Ligue 1 side a famous win.

Roared on by a raucous home crowd, Lens came within a whisker of taking the lead inside the opening five minutes through Kevin Danso. After Arsenal failed to clear their lines from a corner kick, the ball fell kindly to Danso in the box, however his subsequent volleyed effort bobbled wide of the foot of the post.

Lens were made to rue that missed chance less than ten minutes later.

The Gunners took full advantage of a lax pass from Adrien Thomasson back into his own defensive third to open the scoring on the night, with Bukayo Saka latching onto the loose ball before finding Gabriel Jesus — who fired the ball low into the bottom left-hand corner of the net from just inside the box.

The home side weren't too deterred by going behind early, and pressed forward with real intent thereafter in search of an equaliser — an equaliser they deservedly got in the 25th minute.

Said goal would come courtesy of Thomasson — making amends for his early mistake — who was teed up beautifully by wonderkid Elye Wahi with a volleyed pass to the right of the penalty area. After controlling the ball, Thomasson curled a glorious side-footed effort into the far top corner of the net.

Things went from bad to worse for Arsenal before half-time, when 'starboy' Saka was subbed off with an injury. Gunners fans will be getting their grannies to light candles in the hope that their main man