Following Arsenal's Premier League opener, the FC crew assess Unai Emery's tactics, including the decision to include teenager Matteo Guendouzi.

Following Arsenal's Premier League opener, the FC crew assess Unai Emery's tactics, including the decision to include teenager Matteo Guendouzi. Craig Burley and Paul Mariner believe Arsenal will have to be judged against the rest of the Prem because the gulf in quality against Man City was too great. Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech has slammed Bayer Leverkusen for trolling him on social media during Sunday's 2-0 loss to Manchester City and lobbying for their former player Bernd Leno to play instead.Cech accused the German club of lacking professionalism after tweets from Leverkusen highlighted Leno's ability to play the ball out of the back -- following the Czech veteran's struggles to do so at times against Man City."[At] Arsenal we share important values which make us a big club not only on...

Following Arsenal's Premier League opener, the FC crew assess Unai Emery's tactics, including the decision to include teenager Matteo Guendouzi. Craig Burley and Paul Mariner believe Arsenal will have to be judged against the rest of the Prem because the gulf in quality against Man City was too great. Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is hoping to bring "one or more trophies" to the Emirates this season.Aubameyang, 29, had an instant impact on the Gunners after joining last January for a club-record €63 million fee from Borussia Dortmund, netting nine goals and giving four assists in 12 Premier League matches last campaign.The pacy Gabon international had been prolific in his four-and-a-half seasons in Germany, scoring 141 goals in 213 matches, and told ESPN that he's...

Craig Burley and Paul Mariner believe Arsenal will have to be judged against the rest of the Prem because the gulf in quality against Man City was too great. Former Arsenal forward Paul Mariner breaks down how Manchester City were able to dominate the Gunners while urging patience with Unai Emery's side. Anyone wondering how long it would take Unai Emery to fully understand what it means to be Arsenal head coach need wonder no longer. All it took was one game to anger Sam Allardyce by having the temerity to play short passes along the ground."This is the manager's fault. It's his fault," he said of Arsenal's 2-0 defeat to Manchester City on Sunday. "We are getting obsessed with this stupid 'let's play out from the back'... (it's) utter rubbish to play like that all of the time." To which the...

Manchester City picked up where they left off last season with a dominant performance to win 2-0 at Arsenal.It is worth noting that the defending Premier League champions unpicked the opposition on Unai Emery's debut without Gabriel Jesus, Fabian Delph, Leroy Sane, David Silva, Nicolas Otamendi and Kevin De Bruyne in the starting lineup. In other words, six of their 11 most frequently used players from last season were missing, when they set a new Premier League points total with 100.The scary...

Craig Burley and Paul Mariner believe Arsenal will have to be judged against the rest of the Prem because the gulf in quality against Man City was too great. Mesut Ozil is the leader at Arsenal; the talisman, the rallying point for the team and fans. It is a responsibility from which he cannot hide.No player is bigger than a club -- especially one as huge as the Gunners -- yet Ozil is to Arsenal what Harry Kane is to rivals Tottenham Hotspur: the man everyone looks to at times of crisis. The big difference between the pair is that Kane delivers regularly enough to maintain that belief; Ozil disappoints too often.The German opened the season with a...