Unai Emery reveals what he told players at half-time to inspire them

Unai Emery has revealed what he said to his Arsenal players at half time to inspire a much improved display on Thursday night as they beat Sporting CP 1-0. It was frustrating for Emery to see his players struggling in the first half and the Spaniard decided to find a solution when he got the Gunners back into the dressing room at the interval. Emery has revealed what he told players to inspire them to the victory: “Each match there is a very big opportunity to improve things and one is this. We spoke before the match about our objectives and one objective is this. "But the most important is that when we were in the dressing room at half time we spoke and said ‘OK today also, we cannot impose our game in first 45 minutes, but the second half we have the opportunity to change the result and continue in our way, thinking only of winning this match and improving things in the second half. "And I think the team did that in the second 45 minutes. But we need to continue finding the solution for the first half to be better." Emery added: "The match, for 90 minutes, there we different things happening tactically and individually. "The first half is not clear for us. I think in the balance of the two teams there were not a lot of chances to score. The second half, step by step, we imposed our good play. We played to win this match. "For us it’s very important because we want to finish first in this group and at the moment the other team that is with us is Sporting,” the manager said.

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