On Wednesday night, a mature Arsenal side routed Bournemouth 5-1.
Arsenal’s manager Unai Emery has come out to praise his team for the five-star performance. Unai went on to insist that this performance was a result of different formation and rotations that his team play.
Unai Emery insists that it’s crucial that his team can play with different formations and deal with rotation as we look to continue the chase for a top four place.
The Spaniard rotated heavily again, making six changes from the team that beat Southampton on Sunday, and he played with a back five – a system which hasn’t always been convincing this season.
However, the five goals we scored showed it’s not inherently conservative, and it was a good win to build momentum ahead of the North London derby this weekend.
Speaking afterwards, Emery made it clear that he’s going to continue to shift things around on a game by game basis, but when you win that’s not an issue.
“We are happy and the most important is that we are playing with different players in different matches,” he said.
“The performances are continuing well in these matches, and different systems also.
“We need to use different players, different systems, as each match is different and it is good for this moment, and this moment is coming this week and this month.”
The individual performances of Mesut Ozil and Henrikh Mkhitaryan caught the eye, both scored and they got three assists between them, but Emery wouldn’t be drawn on whether that guarantees inclusion at Wembley.
“I am proud of every player’s work,” he continued, “it is important that the players take confidence and take good combinations between them.
“I am going to watch this match for the analysis and I am going to watch Tottenham and after decide our game-plan against them with every player.
“We need the players in the first 11 and on the bench, and we need a big commitment from every player to help us. The next match is Saturday.
“If we can play with big performance I want every player to help us with this.”
Here are some of the reaction from players and fans