Arsenal: 5 Things We've Learned From Unai Emery and What He Must Fix

#2 Improved training regime and focus on defending

Unai Emery has changed Arsenal's training sessions for the better

From building an outdoor gym right next to the training ground to bringing on board coaches for specific aspects of training and fitness to even banning fruit juice (because it had too much sugar), Emery has gone one step further than Wenger in driving home the finer points of maximising a footballer's potential.

Training sessions that were once held in the morning have been moved to the afternoon as Emery felt if it was closer to the actual kickoff time, the players' bodies would adapt to the conditions better. He has also taken training sessions at the venue (home or away) rather than train at London Colney.

Wenger was known to be quite meticulous with his training sessions, even carrying a stopwatch on him at all times. But for all his focus on beautiful football, Wenger wasn't the best when it came to the defensive aspects of the game - proof of which was visible every other weekend during the final years of his Arsenal tenure.

Such was the lack of any real effort to improve the defensive side of the game that players even revealed that they were not receiving enough coaching with respect to positioning and defensive organisation.

This has changed under Emery. Although it is far from being the finished product, there is progress in how they set themselves up to defend. And that has to do with specific instructions on how to defend as an individual and as a team.

Wenger also almost never focused on the opponents, preferring his players to play their own brand of football and dictate the game. But Emery draws up plans to find weak spots in the opposition's tactics and focus on the strategy to exploit that. Video sessions are also used to study and analyse player strengths and weaknesses.