Bernd Leno admits Arsenal were fortunate to leave Norwich with a point

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno conceded his side were lucky to earn a draw away to Norwich on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Two goals from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang helped the Gunners twice come from behind to earn a point in the Premier League at Carrow Road&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But it could have been different had Leno not made fine saves to deny Kenny McLean and Teemu Pukki in the second half&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">⛔️ WHAT&period; A&period; SAVE&period; ⛔️<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>McLean gets clean through on goal and looks certain to score&&num;8230&semi; but Bernd makes a superb fingertip stop&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>👏 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Bernd&lowbar;Leno&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;Bernd&lowbar;Leno<&sol;a> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>🟡 2-2 🔴 &lpar;59&rpar;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;NORARS&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;NORARS<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;11tBUxrpAY">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;11tBUxrpAY<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Arsenal &lpar;&commat;Arsenal&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;Arsenal&sol;status&sol;1201159110365982722&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 1&comma; 2019<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It saw interim manager Freddie Ljunberg begin his spell with a point&comma; but extended Arsenal’s winless run to eight which was a factor in the decision to sack Unai Emery on Friday – the morning after a 2-1 home defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Leno told the official club website&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At the end it was confusing because in the first half we played exactly how we wanted but conceded two goals in transition&period; In the second half&comma; we lost control of the game and we were lucky to draw&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s always strange and sad when a manager loses his job&period; I think Emery did a very good job for one-and-a-half years&comma; but the club decided to change the manager and something in the team&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We just have to look forward and we saw the team was different &lpar;against Norwich&rpar;&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ljungberg hinted it will take time for him to implement changes after Sunday’s 2-2 draw&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The 42-year-old&comma; who was part of Emery’s coaching team&comma; has stepped up to take charge on an interim basis and will be in the dugout again on Thursday for the visit of Brighton&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Ljungberg said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Normally a pre-season is five to six weeks and you can implement how you want to play football but I don’t have that&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I just try to do small building blocks and try to change things in a slow tempo so people can understand and practice&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Now players need to recover and we’ll probably get one-and-a-half sessions &lpar;before Brighton&rpar; but that’s football&period; I just try to make things simple as possible and hopefully we get better&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Norwich were able to back up the 2-0 win over Everton with another strong showing to earn a potentially vital point in their bid for survival&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Like in the victory at Goodison Park&comma; Todd Cantwell was on the scoresheet to make it four goals in 14 appearances in the top flight this season&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Canaries boss Daniel Farke is eager to keep the England youth international grounded&comma; saying&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He has been fantastic so far this season&comma; but I am far away from naming him a quality player&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Quality is always defined with performances over a long-term period&period; It is not just a few games&comma; 10 games or 14&comma; it is to prove this over months and prove this over a whole season and then we can speak about this quality&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;If he goes further on with these performances&comma; definitely we will have some really nice days with him and he will have a great future&comma; but it’s up to him right now to go on and deliver this over the next few months&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed0b5946903">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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