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Emery Has To Ignite The Cannon Or Perish
Emery's biggest mistake on the opening day was not pressing the City back line and the goalkeeper who played out from the back at every opportunity.
On the other hand, Arsenal who for some reason insisted on playing out from the back as the two wide central defenders struggled under the unrelenting pressure from City's front line - with the most notable being Cech, who almost played the ball into his own net.
Arsenal also failed to mark Fernandinho in midfield as he waltzed in and fed the creative outlets on more occasions than a Gunner fan would like to see. On the offensive front, a lack of urgency in key men including Ozil sealed the fate for Arsenal who couldn't come back from a 2-0 deficit.
Unai's tactic was to play Xhaka and Guendouzi as two pivots in a 4-2-3-1 with Ramsey finding a place in the 3 upfront and exchanging positions with Aubameyang but City's zonal positioning didn't allow Ramsey to have much effect on the game.
This forced the likes of Ozil and Mkhitaryan, who are the creative hubs of the team, to be pushed out wide, where they failed spectacularly. Kyle Walker outrunning Mkhitaryan on the right wing for City stands as testimony to highlight the gap between the two outfits.
Whether Emery can learn from his mistakes will play an important factor in deciding the fate of the game. Unai is only a few losses shy of being painted as the next Spanish fraud by the English media and therefore faces an acid test at Stamford Bridge this weekend.
Somewhere in France, far away from the maddening crowds of London, Arsene Wenger breaths a sigh of vindication, but he too wouldn't want the club he helped build with his own hands to falter again, as an epic clash looks to go down to the wire in the English capital between the two new managers.
