Former Arsenal player is unhappy with Unai Emery’s team selection

After Arsenal's  1-0 defeat in an away Europa League game against BATE Borisov, Unai Emery has been at the center of attention as he is being criticized for his team selection. Emery is mostly being criticized for leaving Mesut Ozil out of the squad. Former Arsenal player Perry Groves has also criticized Unai saying that the Gunners are ‘crying out’ for Ozil's creative flair. Speaking to talkSPORT on Friday, the two-time First Division champion said: “Unai Emery is trying to implement his own ideas and philosophies and he’s trying to take away the complacency culture that has been there in the last two or three years under Arsene Wenger. “He’s tried to work Ozil out, he’s tried everything he can by making him one of the four captains, and then dropping and substituting him because he’s not performing consistently. “But if you’re telling me Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey aren’t better in our first team than Alex Iwobi and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, I’m not having it at all. “Even through Ramsey is going to be off and Emery has made it quite clear he doesn’t want Ozil long-term, and I’ve been critical of Ozil as well about not being consistent and sometimes he doesn’t take control in the bigger games as you’d like to. “But there are a run of games coming up where Arsenal are crying out for creativity. They are crying out for someone to get hold of the ball and bring Aubameyang and Lacazette into the game. “Emery has got to fall on his sword for the good of the team. “For the remainder of the season, I don’t care now if Ozil has one brilliant game, two good ones and tow average ones, I’m not bothered. He has to play. “He will give you more in the brilliant game and the two good ones than the other players who are playing in that position at the moment. “It started off great for Emery – they went 22 games unbeaten and Arsenal fans were saying, ‘we’ve got our Arsenal back’, but now there’s been a little kick back to the complacency. “Looking at the players last night, because they know they’re going back to the Emirates next Thursday their mind set was that they will just beat BATE at home. “But they’ve made it a lot more difficult for themselves, because BATE now have something to hang on to, they’re going to have a week’s more training and if they score Arsenal have got to go and score three.”

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