The French International Alexandre Lacazette opened the scoring for the Gunners against Everton in the 56th minute, with a well-taken strike. This was three minutes before Aubameyang’s tap-in, to seal three important points for Ars
But Emery revealed he was preparing to remove Lacazette in the moments leading up to his goal – with Alex Iwobi stripped and ready to replace the France striker.
Asked if he was intending to substitute Lacazette, the Arsenal head coach replied: ‘I don’t think it’s important, but maybe yes! Football is like that.
‘We needed to change something in this moment to give us another individual quality on the pitch. Then we scored the goal and I decided to stop it and think again about who we need next.’
Lacazette however ended up playing the whole match.