{"id":63578,"date":"2018-11-22T11:57:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T10:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=63578"},"modified":"2018-11-22T11:57:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T10:57:48","slug":"epl-emery-takes-a-swipe-at-wenger-for-neglecting-key-area-in-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=63578","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Emery takes a swipe at Wenger for neglecting key area in Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Arsenal manager, Unai Emery has taken a swipe at the club\u2019s former boss, Arsene Wenger, for neglecting defensive structure while Arsenal were in decline towards the end of his tenure.<\/p>\n

Wenger stepped down as manager after 22-year with the Gunners, and many believe the 69-year-old tarnished his reign by staying on for as long as he did in north London.<\/p>\n

The last of Wenger\u2019s three Premier League titles came in 2003\/04 and only FA Cup trophies and Community Shields followed until his departure in the summer.<\/p>\n

However, Emery has had an impressive start to the season despite opening defeats to Manchester City and Chelsea, leading Arsenal on an 11-match winning streak between August and October.<\/p>\n

When asked to define the man he replaced, Emery told Marca, \u201cBefore Wenger came, Arsenal celebrated 1-0 and were based on defensive solidity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Arsene, joy came from attacking, with players of good standing. And the perfect combination was the Invincibles.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut over time, only technical quality and offensive freedom were taken care of, losing the defensive structure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I want is to unite both essences and be more competitive. Arsenal was in decline. We had to stop it and start climbing.\u201d\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arsenal manager, Unai Emery has taken a swipe at the club\u2019s former boss, Arsene Wenger, for neglecting defensive structure while Arsenal were in decline towards the end of his tenure. Wenger stepped down as manager after 22-year with the Gunners, and many believe the 69-year-old tarnished his reign by staying on for as long as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[4427,7082,7321],"class_list":["post-63578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-arsenal","tag-arsene-wenger","tag-unai-emery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}