pre-match press conference<\/a> ahead of Arsenal’s second leg against BATE Borisov in the Europa League last-32 tie at the Emirates stadium.
The Gunners were given a reality check in the first leg, when the team from Belarus won the game 1-0. The other negative for the North Londoners was the sending off of Alexandre Lacazette, who will now miss the game on Thursday.
Arsenal had a weekend off as they were not involved in the FA Cup action. This means that they have had a full week’s time to prepare for this game and mastermind a way back.
Speaking to the media, Emery provided injury updates, discussed the Mesut Ozil situation, talked about thursday’s opponents and what exactly is needed to go through to the next round of this competition.
The Spaniard also spoke about the need of the supporters in such a game.
Here’s all what the gaffer had to say:<\/p>\n","author":"Julian Finney\/Getty Images Sport","url":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1056945666.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1056945666-160x160.jpg"},{"title":"On Injuries","body":"Sokratis and Aaron Ramsey were not available for the previous game. Here’s what the gaffer had to say:
“Yes. They are coming back with the squad,
“Today Ainsley is sick, we will wait for tomorrow. Today he can\u2019t do training.
“The rest of the players are well.”<\/p>\n","author":"Gareth Copley\/Getty Images Sport","url":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1096566368-1.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1096566368-1-160x160.jpg"},{"title":"On the Mesut Ozil situation","body":"
Things between Emery and Ozil hasn’t been plain-sailing since the start of the season. Here’s the latest on the situation by the gaffer:\u00a0
“The key is in his hands. He is working very well this week.
“I ask him in our conversation for consistency, to be available for us for training, when you can train consistently you can help us with your best performance in the games.
“This week has been good for all the players. I am looking at him doing the training like we want.
“He needs to be available consistently for training, without the injuries, without the sickness.
“Without that we can see the best Mesut with us.”<\/p>\n","author":"Catherine Ivill\/Getty Images Sport","url":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1126134541-1.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1126134541-1-160x160.jpg"},{"title":"On the atmosphere tomorrow","body":"
The kick-off timing is 17:55 PM British Standard Time, which is early for a midweek fixture. Hence, we may see few empty seats at the Emirates tomorrow.
Here’s what Emery has had to say on that:
“I don\u2019t know. But we want and we need our supporters.
“A big atmosphere for us is very important.”<\/p>\n","author":"Julian Finney\/Getty Images Sport","url":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/844885828.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/844885828-160x160.jpg"},{"title":"On what's required tomorrow","body":"
Arsenal were given a reality check that every game in the Europa League won’t be easy. Not scoring an away goal may come back to hit them, provided BATE score tomorrow.
Emery spoke about what’s exactly required to be done to overhaul the 1-0 deficit:\u00a0
“We had chances to score [last week]. Our efficiency we need to improve tomorrow.
“We must manage 90 minutes to get a good result for us. We need to be consistent in 90 minutes.
“We need a big result.”<\/p>\n","author":"Julian Finney\/Getty Images Sport","url":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1056945666-1.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1056945666-1-160x160.jpg"},{"title":"On BATE","body":"
BATE Borisov played as a cohesive unit and were deserved winners last week. Emery spoke about them in the presser:
“We have big respect for BATE. We are not thinking about winning the competition, we are thinking about tomorrow night.”<\/p>\n","author":"Clive Rose\/Getty Images Sport","url":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1053390426.jpg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/readeverything.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/1053390426-160x160.jpg"}]}]}]}