Unai Emery is facing his most challenging spell at Arsenal so far, and it will be interesting to see how the Spaniard reacts. He managed to turn the Gunners out of a rough run of form earlier this season, but now, he’s in an even tougher spot.
Arsenal are on the back of two losses in a row, and Emery’s recent attitude towards Mesut Ozil is also drawing extra attention to the manager.
He decided to leave the German out of his matchday squad entirely against Tottenham. This is obviously hugely significant, as the game is always Arsenal’s most important fixture of the season, and so the best players are nearly always selected.
This indicates, then, that Ozil is not considered as such, and that leaves the German with an uncertain future at the Emirates.
For his part, Ozil is a real favourite of the Arsenal faithful, and so unsurprisingly, many fans are siding with the German on this one. Following Emery’s decision to leave him out, Arsenal fans took to Twitter to defend Ozil – and they’ve questioned their manager, perhaps for the first time this season.
https://twitter.com/iBraaAFC/status/1075695415750787072
There is no tactical reason to justify not playing Mesut Ozil. Emery is throwing Ozil under the bus.
— ChaseTheMoney (@chase_blog) December 20, 2018
… There is only one word for Emery's way with Mesut Ozil: naive.
— Olubanwo Fagbemi (@OlubanwoFagbemi) December 20, 2018
Emery is going to over coach him self out of the @arsenal job, I'm tell you all, I am not convinced and this ozil thing is a mess
— Piff_city (@PiffCity9) December 20, 2018
https://twitter.com/ThatArsenalPlay/status/1075687344517341184
https://twitter.com/thearsenal49ers/status/1075684429295689729
https://twitter.com/TheeStarFire/status/1075681556998561792
https://twitter.com/WeAreOzil/status/1075679543451639808
I don't understand Emery and I'm pretty sure he won't last at Arsenal. He can't win this battle against Ozil.
— Hernandez (@OluwafemiH_) December 19, 2018
Thoughts?
