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Alla Zakarian
25-11-2018 | 20:38 • Football
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Unai Emery revealed why he left out Ozil and subbed Torreira
Arsenal continue their unbeaten run with the 2-1 victory against Bournemouth, thanks to goal by Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
After the game, Arsenal boss Unai Emery has faced the press.
“The result is very important. We spoke in the dressing room at half-time,the process is our mentality The result is very important. When they scored we needed to keep calm, keep control and get better in small things on the pitch. We knew this was a difficult stadium. For them it was an important match so I am very happy for the players and the supporters, who pushed us today,” said Emery.
On the importance of three points Emery added:”Today is 17 matches we haven’t lost. But the last three we drew and we knew that was not enough for our objective.We were speaking during the week about how important it was today. It was a big moment for us.”
Unai Emery left out Ozil from the starting line-up and the midfielder does not even warmed up in the second half.
“We thought about how we can be better in the match today, with a very demanding match physically with their intensity against us and we decided.But every player is important,” said Emery. “Also today we tried with three centre-backs. It’s another opportunity to improve and find our best performance. It depends on how the matching is coming and how the result is coming during the 90 minutes. I decided for another option.”
Emery declared, yester Alexandre Lacazette felt a small injury, the boss also has spoken out on Aubemyang.
“We need Aubameyang and Nketiah. Today, the most important thing for us was not only Aubameyang scored but the way he was working in the 90 minutes. He worked to help us in all the things tactically today.”
On Lucas Torreira, Emery added: “He was giving us good balance, but also we need to be clever with the player because he playing with his national team two matches.”
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