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Arsenal goalkeeper Emi Martinez frustrated with Vitoria equaliser

Arsenal goalkeeper Emi Martinez admitted frustration after their 1-1 Europa League draw at Vitoria.

Martinez was just four minutes away from keeping his 11th clean sheet in an Arsenal shirt.

The Argentine stopper had made a string of fine stops during Wednesday's Europa League clash with Vitoria but then in the first minute of stoppage time, Bruno Duarte's overhead kick nestled in the top corner to salvage a late point for the hosts.

He said, "I tried to keep us in the game. When you concede so late on, it's frustrating because you can go a whole 90 minutes without conceding and then in stoppage time you concede. It was a deflected shot and then headed back... the volley could have gone anywhere. It bounced into the top corner so it's frustrating for me, for us. At the end we had to settle for a draw.

"We're already thinking about Leicester. This game is finished. We know what we can improve and then we'll try to go to Leicester to get the win."

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