CURSE OF DON UNAI STRIKES AGAIN
You can look at coefficients, analyse the colour of a gilet, get hyped about starting line-ups… but none of it matters when Arsenal face up against Don Unai Emery. His exit from the club cast a forever curse on the big occasions when we have to deal with him.
Sadly, there was no exception to that rule yesterday when his team walked away with a deserved three points after Arsenal put on the worst second-half performance of the Mikel Arteta era.
Our opening 45 was pretty much spot on, we cut through Villa with ease, releasing Trossard, Jesus and Kai. It felt like it was only a matter of time before we opened the scoring. The delicious hope was that if we scored first, Unai would give up and start thinking about Europa Conference.
We didn’t score, so instead, he focused on that sexy feeling you get when you go three points clear in the fight for top 4 against Spurs. It’s hard to fathom an excuse.
Villa played on Thursday, we played on Tuesday.
Our players might have been shook by Liverpool, but Villa could have been shook by Spurs.
The big occasion was the same for both teams, fighting for positions in the league they don’t normally fight for.
The explanation was pretty simple: Villa fancied themselves and delivered.
My view is the team looked gassed in the second half. Rotation isn’t Mikel Arteta’s strong suit, but we’ve gotten away with it this season. The Villa game combined with the return of the Champions League might just have p...
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