Emery: West Ham Match Is Must Win For Arsenal
Arsenal manager Unai Emery insists that the Gunnersโ match against West Ham on Saturday in the English Premier League is a โmust winโ game.
Emery became the first Arsenal manager to lose his first two games in charge since Steve Burtenshaw after defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea.
โWe are going to play 38 matches. Whether you are playing against Manchester City, itโs the same as if youโre playing against West Ham on Saturday,โ Emery said during his pre-match press conference held on Thursday.
โAfter the first two matches, we have two defeats and we need to win this match against West Ham.
โWe are thinking in our way and about our work to create our ideas and our system on Saturday with our supporters at the Emirates.
โSaturday is another match, tactically it will be different.
โIt will be demanding and I want to have more control to find the win in this match. We are working on different situations tactically.
โIn the first, we are playing with four at the back, then we have two and one, and one and two.
โWith two and one, it is like a 4-2-3-1 and one, two, is for a 4-1-4-1 or a 4-3-3. We have players who train in this system. The moment on the pitch is different. If we need to improve in this mobility, the quality is very important, but also how the player is moving on the pitch.
โI think with two systems, we can continue to progress and think about winning the next match.โ
Emery also reveals that France defender Laurent Koscielny has returned to training at Arsenal after recovering from an Achilles operation.
โHeโs working very hard. First he was in France. He came back to us last Sunday. We are happy to have him here with us, because heโs our captain and heโs showing us his spirit to stay with us.
โWe need to be patient with him because the injury was an important injury. Itโs clear that itโs very important to stay with us, working here and showing us that he wants to help us.โ
The former PSG and Sevilla manager also explains his teamโs new style of play despite suffering back-to-back defeats.
โMy idea is first control, but the opposition want the same,โ he said.
โWith this control, you can be near to the win and then know when you need to change the rhythm. I know we need intensity in every moment in the games.
โThis control is to not let the opposition play. For example in the two first matches, we didnโt have the control [enough โ only in some moments, but not like what we need to find to win.โ
