5 things we learned from Unai Emery’s first game in charge of Arsenal

#4 His side is seriously lacking width

Ozil struggled to make an impression against Manchester City

One thing that Arsenal don’t really have when going forward, is variety. There are an awful lot of technical players in the squad, but there isn’t much else. The closest they had to something a bit different was Olivier Giroud, but he was sold to Chelsea in January. On Sunday, Arsenal understandably packed the centre of the pitch when defending, trying to limit the effect of City’s best midfielders.

However, going forward, they stayed very central, and it was often far too predictable. Starting in what appeared to be a 4-3-3 formation, Emery had Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Mesut Ozil on the two flanks, but both of them only wanted to come inside and create from more central areas. In his squad, there are no real out and out wingers, so this is something he may wish to address in future transfer windows.