LONDON (AP) ― Arsenal held on with 10 men to draw 0-0 at Besiktas in the Champions League playoff round Tuesday, while Bayer Leverkusen is better placed to advance after winning 3-2 at FC Copenhagen.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey was sent off with 10 minutes left in the first leg match in Istanbul after being shown a second yellow card for tugging Oguzhan Ozyakup’s shirt.

“For me it’s unbelievable to get the second yellow card when you see the kind of fouls they have made today it’s not serious,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Britain’s ITV television.

However, the London club, which has played in ever group stage since the 1998-99 season, nearly grabbed a late winner when Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s shot was turned onto the post. The highest-scoring match of the night was in Denmark with Leverkusen holding the away goals advantage going into next Wednesday’s home leg. In the other matches, Athletic Bilbao tied 1-1 at Napoli, Red Bull Salzburg beat Malmo 2-1 and Steaua Bucharest beat Ludogorets Razgrad 1-0.

At the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, a familiar face nearly embarrassed Arsenal from the kickoff. Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba lobbed the ball from the halfway line and it was looping into the top corner until goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny pushed it onto the crossbar.

With striker Olivier Giroud failing to get an edge in front of goal and newly signed Alexis Sanchez denied by Tolga Zengin’s save before halftime, Arsenal rarely looked like it was capable of repeating its 3-0 victory across Istanbul against Fenerbahce in last year’s playoff round.