Arsenal boss Unai Emery spoke to the press following his side's 2-1 win over Huddersfield on Saturday. Here's what he had to say: Were you unhappy with the performance? “No, I am very happy. We were working very well. Every playing was struggling and also working for eachother, helping eachother, and I think today I … Continue reading Unai Emery: ‘Winning is the first priority, a clean sheet is second’
Arsenal could bring in two fresh faces before the transfer window closes on Thursday, Unai Emery has revealed. The Gunners have been closely linked with loan moves for Barcelona’s Denis Suarez and Inter Milan’s Ivan Perisic but it was not known whether the club was looking to bring both players in or just one. Addressing … Continue reading Unai Emery hints at two signings for Gunners as transfer deadline looms
As far as pre-match press conferences go, Unai Emery played with a pretty straight bat when he faced the press today (Wednesday). He answered questions on FA Cup opponents Manchester United, Denis Suarez, Monchi and Hector Bellerin. The only surprise, perhaps, was that none among the assembled press took the chance to throw in a … Continue reading Unai Emery on Manchester United, Hector Bellerin, and Denis Suarez
Fate is not without a certain sense of irony and, if the last month is anything to go by, neither is professional football. At a time when Arsenal’s defensive struggles reached their zenith in December, the footballing gods intervened to steal away Rob Holding, the lynchpin of a back line that was wobbling its way … Continue reading Hector, Arsenal, and a dollop of injury drama for Unai Emery
Unai Emery’s pre-Chelsea press conference was fascinating for a host of reasons, chief among them the hint that he may have finally cracked Mesut Ozil. The testy relationship between the pair is widely known, despite the best efforts of both men not to allude to the elephant in the room, and Emery has made it … Continue reading Has Emery let Ozil in from the cold at last or is winter coming for the German?
Oft times, Premier League managers can be defined by their sound bites; a few choice sentences from an interview or a throwaway phrase in some programme notes. 'Dilly ding, dilly dong' evokes memories of Cladio Ranieri, for example, while 'sexy football' is inextricably linked to Ruud Gullit. For my own part, when I think of … Continue reading ‘At certain times you have to provoke friction with footballers’
Goals win games but defences win titles. The old adage is a tired one but nobody can say it isn’t true. Even for Pep Gurdiola’s swashbuckling Manchester City side, who netted more than 100 goals on their way to Premier League title glory last season. Alongside their success at the top end of the pitch, … Continue reading Goals, goals, goals! How Arsenal need to stop conceding if they want to progress under Unai Emery
Adaptability was the order of the day as Unai Emery’s resilient Arsenal eased their way to a 2-1 victory at Bournemouth on Sunday. The sort of fixture the Gunners were like to have thrown away last season, there was a measure of control in the way Emery’s men went about their work on the south … Continue reading Victory at Bournemouth is a step forward as Arsenal grow into the Unai Emery era
At times in this fledgling season, Arsenal have been free-flowing, incisive, and near perfect in their execution of Unai Emery’s brand of attacking football. But that has seldom, if at all, been true of the first 45 minutes of matches - quite the opposite, in fact. The Gunners have often played some pretty lethargic, underwhelming … Continue reading Unai Emery’s Arsenal and the search for the 90-minute performance
Squad rotation has been one of the standout features of Unai Emery’s fledgling reign and one of the areas where his methods most diverge from his predecessor. Given its relative success so far, it will be interesting to see if the Spaniard continues in the same vein or whether he looks to establish a more … Continue reading Unai Emery is sewing the seeds of change at Arsenal as he seeks to drag club into the future
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