Pressure Grows On Emery As Lacazette Salvages Late Point
November 23, 2019
3:33 pm
Arsenal manager Unai Emery admitted that he and his players had missed a big opportunity to appease the club’s angry supporters after the Gunners were held to a 2-2 draw at home to second-bottom Southampton.
It could have been worse for the under-pressure Spaniard as Alexandre Lacazette’s second equaliser of the day, six minutes into stoppage time, denied Southampton a first win at Arsenal since 1987.
Nevertheless, Emery’s men dropped to seventh place in the Premier League table, below Burnley and only a point ahead of north London rivals Tottenham, who won at West Ham in Jose Mourinho’s first match …
