The north London side was in cruise control after goals from Mikel Arteta, Alexis Sanchez and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain helped them to a 3-0 lead before the hour mark. However, the Belgian champions valiantly fought back and deserved the draw in the end.

The Arsenal defence, having not learnt from past mistakes, switched off and allowed Anderlecht to claw their way back into the game. Anthony Vanden Borre started the fight back with a close range finish and then a penalty, before Aleksandar Mitrovic equalized at the death.

Hasi believes that Arsene Wenger’s men became cocky after going 3-0 up and could ‘have some fun’, according to the Daily Mail. He said, “Arsenal tried to play the same way. They didn’t just sit back. They tried to score a fourth and, at 3-2, they started to have doubts. We could see a difference from the mental perspective. I think we deserved the 3-3.”

“Maybe Arsenal thought they were on top and they could get more goals and they could have fun in front of the public. At 3-0, you can say it’s over and they wanted the fourth and the fifth goal but we made some changes.”

He also claimed that Arsenal were vulnerable in the game throughout the 90 minutes. He said, “Yes but to expose them, you have to have confidence. At 3-1, yes, we used the spaces that they gave us. We have some young, fast players and if they have confidence, they can go. At 3-2, you saw Arsenal were doubting. We also changed our scheme with the second striker. Yes, Arsenal doubted and we were growing.”

“The last 30 minutes were as intense as when we won the championship [last season]. I am a young coach but this will stay in my memory. We come from a small competition but we showed we can match these teams. Over the two games against Arsenal, we deserve more than one point.”