Unai Emery hinted on formation changes ahead of the game against West Ham

Unai Emery will be hoping to pick up his first Premier League point as Arsenal head coach when they take on Manuel Pellegrini’s West Ham on Saturday. Arsenal boss Unai Emery provides the latest news from London Colney. First of all Unai Emery welcomed back Laurent Koscielny, who has returned to London Colney, as he continues his rehab after Achilles tendon surgery. “We are happy to have him here with us, because he’s our captain and he’s showing us his spirit to stay with us.” The Manager also has spoken out on rival-West Ham. “It’s clear that every game demands different things tactically. After the first two matches, we have two defeats and we need to win this match against West Ham. “The difficulty is in this game because West Ham are a good team with good players and a good coach. They know the Premier League very well and they have a lot of new players. We are thinking in our way and about our work to create our ideas and our system on Saturday with our supporters at the Emirates. “I think it’s very important to show them a better performance than in the two first matches. We are preparing well, I am feeling well when I look at the players in training every day.” Former Arsenal player Jack Wilshere has moved to West Ham. Emery claimed he spoke to him for 15 minutes in Colney before he left: “The first thing for me is I have respect for his career here. And then, he chooses what the best was for him in his future. It’s for that, on Saturday, I know that here, the supporters like him and have this respect also. I think there is a good reception for him here. Then we are going to play and we are going to think after that, for us to win. But, I [hope] the best for his career.” Emery has no plans to change his formation. “At the moment, no. At the moment, I think we need to have the control with the possession, with the positioning on the pitch, with more players inside. And after this possession, to do the attacking moments and defending moments with this balance. “But, it is one possibility to continue in our progress and in one moment to try also to play with two scorers. “In the last match of the pre-season, against Lazio, I did it with Lacazette and Nketiah. But also, this position also for the players, they know that in one moment we can do that. But at the moment, no.” Unai Emery is confident his team are going to score. “I’am sure they are going to score if we create a lot of chances in the game. The first idea for us on Saturday is to create these chances and then the players’ confidence for starting to arrive in the box, to score. “Maybe the players can not score three good chances in one match and on another day, I am sure they are going to do maybe the same chances in one match and score three. For that, Aubameyang is a player who, in his career, has scored a lot and he is going to do that here also.” “We are working on different situations tactically. In the first we are playing with four at the back, then we have two and one, and one and two. With two and one, it is like a 4-2-3-1 and one, two, is for a 4-1-4-1 or a 4-3-3. We have players who train in this system,” said Emery on tactics. “The moment on the pitch is different. If we need to improve in this mobility, the quality is very important, but also how the player is moving on the pitch. I think with two systems, we can continue to progress and think about winning the next match.”

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