Alexandre Lacazette reveals team talk with Unai Emery before Napoli win

Arsenal travelled to Naples with a two-goal lead from the first leg and went ahead on the night du to Alexandre Lacazette’s stunning free kick. Unai Emery surprised with his decision to pair Alexandre Lacazette with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang fr the first time in away game since February. Followin the Gunners’ excellent win over Napoli the Frenchman revealed the team talk Unai Emery had with them before the match. ‘The manager wanted us to score, he knew it was going to be difficult for Napoli to score four goals,’ the striker explained to RMC Sport after the game. "Everyone was supportive. We could have played better, done better with the ball, but we’re not going to complain." "Emery was pleased with how the side carried out his plan, saying: ‘I’m very proud of my players, very proud of our work. "Here we showed the players have the habit to play matches against good teams, good players, good atmosphere like here. We wanted more possession and to control the match with the ball. We didn’t do all I wanted but in the positioning, above all in the first half, we were very good. We pressed well against them, they want to win back possession with combinations. We did big pressing against them and were in their box on a lot of moments, [creating] the possibility to score. Our objective today was to score, we did that, and after also to win and think to do one step, being consistent in 90 minutes." Arsenal will play against Valencia in the Europa League semi-final first leg on May 2, Thursday.

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