Unai Emery has explained that Arsenal are a work in progress.
The under fire Gunners boss has been in charge at the club for two seasons now and has spent over 200 million pounds. However, he is yet to produce big, favourable results or get his hands on some silverware. Despite, the club being in a state of disarray, Emery believes Gunners are on the right path.
He stated, “We are still in construction, trying to be competitive. There have been games where the team has played very well from the point of view of building up the play, and there have been other games where we have performed very well in terms of pressing our opposition.”
“I can give two clear examples from this season. In terms of build-up play, we can talk about the first half against Watford, which I think was the best first half of the season, when we went in at the break two goals up.”, the Spaniard added.
He explained, “Then, in terms of being organised to press and counter-attack, because of the circumstances and the team we are playing against, there was the game at Eintracht Frankfurt [a 3-0 win], which was a complete game. So those are two performances in which we have used the two ideas.”
There have been questions on whether or not the character of Emery’s side is strong enough to succeed in the Premier League and when asked about his side lacking a proper identity, he opined.
“We are working on that. We are in that process. Last year was a season in which the team showed it was capable of using different systems and performing at a level which was mostly good.”
“This year, we have had more problems because some new players are having to adapt and there have been some difficult circumstances.”, he further added.
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