Unai Emery has proved he’s a really flexible manager, unlike his predecessor Arsene Wenger. The boss switches tactics and subs his players really often, trying to find the best possible combination for every occasion. The manager explains his decisions:
“Each match is different, we are playing with a back four and also with three centre backs sometimes, and I think the team is improving and is learning to play different systems. But with the same ideas. It’s not the same to play with one player or another player, because maybe he has bigger qualities or better qualities more like a winger or like a full back or like a right back.
Nacho Monreal proving yet again that he is so far from past his prime, as some on here have claimed. Superb start from him, he’ll never get a backpage but he’s been one of Arsenal’s best players over the last three or four years.— James Benge (@jamesbenge) March 2, 2019
“For example, it’s different to play with Nacho Monreal or Sead Kolasinac. They are two very big and important players for us with their qualities. But one is more offensive than the other. Nacho is more defensive with a big performance defensively, more than Sead.
Only Aaron Ramsey (6) has provided more assists for Arsenal in this season’s Premier League than Sead Kolasinac (5).
It took him just four minutes to set up a goal this evening. 🎨 pic.twitter.com/pUuex67XD3— Squawka Football (@Squawka) February 27, 2019
“But we need to use two players and sometimes with three or four at the back. Above all, to improve and grow up like a player, improving tactical issues and we are doing that. The reason why we are making changes to the system is adaptation to the opposition and also in our best combinations with the players.”