da 888： After eventually running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a feisty encounter with Burnley at the weekend, Arsenal travelled down to the coast for a clash with Brighton but couldn’t produce a performance to be proud of as they failed to improve on an early lead and allowed the Seagulls to equalise before the end of the first half.
da heads bet： Unai Emery’s dynamic approach to game-handling has been extremely successful so far – his audacious half-time changes against Spurs, in particular, come to mind – but the Spaniard’s decision to hook Mesut Ozil at the midway point surely baffled many.
Ozil has not found life under the new boss easy and has been a shock omission from the starting XI on a few occasions this season but, after showing glimpses of why he gets paid the big bucks at the Emirates last time out, was back in his favoured number 10 role on Boxing Day.
With his side needing a goal to claim all three points, Emery’s ‘tactical’ decision to bring the German off for Alex Iwobi ahead of the second half has infuriated Gunners fans who are aggrieved that they came away with a disappointing draw – you can find the best of the reaction on Twitter below, with some even calling for an Arsene Wenger return…
Playmaker FC believes Arsenal fans won’t have to wait long to see Unai Emery’s long-term ambitions for the club come to fruition. Watch the video above to find out why…