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title: "Arsenal: Fans beg Unai Emery to start Joe Willock in Monday’s Manchester United fixture"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/arsenal-fans-beg-unai-emery-to-start-joe-willock-in-mondays-manchester-united-fixture/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Uways Nisar"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2019-09-30T15:25:15Z"
modified: "2019-09-30T15:25:15Z"
---

# Arsenal: Fans beg Unai Emery to start Joe Willock in Monday’s Manchester United fixture

**Arsenal fans have been begging manager Unai Emery to start youngster Joe Willock in tonight’s game against Manchester United.**

Arsenal travel up to the north-west having not won there since September 2006, when Emmanuel Adebayor scored the winner in a 1-0 win [(via BBC)](https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/5330078.stm).

The [£9m-rated](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-willock/leistungsdaten/spieler/340329) youngster has been benched in recent weeks in the Premier League, starting none of the last three top-flight games after starting the first three of the season [(via Transfermarkt)](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-willock/leistungsdaten/spieler/340329).

The England youth international did start the thumping of [Nottingham Forest](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49723455) as he scored the third goal in a 5-0 win.

The goal against the City Ground side was Willock’s first of the season and [fifth of his Arsenal first-team career](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joe-willock/leistungsdaten/spieler/340329) so far.

Fans are eager to see the 20-year-old return to the starting lineup as they took to Twitter to ask Emery to start the youngster.

Here is a selection of tweets from the north London faithful:

> He needs to start
>
> — Jose (@newessencegoon) [September 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/newessencegoon/status/1178326382000164864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> START HIM MONDAY
>
> — Drew (@ftblDrew) [September 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/ftblDrew/status/1178326390413893633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> START TORRIERA WILLOCK GUENZIZOU TIERNEY AND HOLDING AND WE EATING GOOD PLS [@Arsenal](https://twitter.com/Arsenal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — ZhypeR (@Mk27\_COYG) [September 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/Mk27_COYG/status/1178327798064091136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Play him alongside Torreira.
>
> — ❄ (@Dottofagho) [September 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/Dottofagho/status/1178328120291557376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Hoping to see joe play against United
>
> — martin mead (@arsenalman2013) [September 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/arsenalman2013/status/1178337569769164800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Play him over Granit Slacka anyday.
>
> — en.ee.man (@SonOfBabylon75) [September 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/SonOfBabylon75/status/1178383146687062024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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