The Montreal Impact could have easily made it 2-0 athehalfalf but bad luck, bad finishing and an excellent Milos Kocic played their part.
We had some bad finishing, I think, at times, especially in the box but we kept doing our job, kept focusing".
There may have been some good fortune and bad finishing along the way but no defence stays lucky for eight hours of competitive football.
Arsene Wenger said that he was "maximally frustrated" with Arsenal's "very bad finishing" as they drew yet another blank and slipped five points behind Premier League leaders Leicester City.
With some justification the manager has attributed most of the blame for his team's appalling run of results – two wins and 16 defeats from their last 23 Premier League matches – to bad finishing and has been allowed to break Crystal Palace's transfer record in an effort to address that.
"I don't think there was much bad finishing, it was good goalkeeping and bad luck.
It was just not quite happening, whether it was down to a bit of bad finishing or some sloppy defending.
"A couple of decisions and a bit of bad finishing as well, one or two decisions we could have had a penalty, all if, buts and maybes.
