Mikel Arteta insists he has full belief his Arsenal side will still progress in the Europa League after they conceded a last-gasp equaliser in the first leg of their quarter-final clash with Slavia Prague.

Nicolas Pepe had come off the bench to seemingly win the game for the Gunners with his strike four minutes from time – but the hosts could not hold onto their advantage as Tomas Holes headed in an equaliser to earn Slavia a 1-1 draw.

The first leg at the Emirates Stadium had looked set to end in a goalless stalemate as Arsenal passed up a number of fine chances.

Lukas Provod, whose late shot was pushed onto the post by Bernd Leno to give Slavia the corner from which Holes scored, explained the passion behind the reaction.

“We celebrated our equaliser emphatically because we played against a very hard opponent with great players,” he said.

“But we put everything into it and got our reward at the very end. After conceding first, nothing changed for us because we still wanted to score an away goal that is very precious. We will see how valuable it is in the second leg.”