Unai Emery’s verdict on controversial derby decisions Unai Emery was happy with Arsenal’s performance in the controversial 1-1 draw with Tottenham at Wembley. Davinson Sanchez got caught on the halfway line and Alexandre Lacazette played a pass through to the onrushing Aaron Ramsey, who rounded goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and slotted into the empty net. Tottenham thought they had levelled seven minutes later but Harry Kane had a header ruled out for offside, but Kane controversially scored from the spot in 74 minutes after Shkodran Mustafi barged the striker over in the area. Sanchez made another mistake one minute from time, bringing down Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the area. But Hugo Lloris guessed the right way and kept out the striker’s penalty to keep Spurs level. Both penalty decisions were soft, with Kane appearing offside, while Unai Emery’s side finished with 10 men after Lucas Torreira was sent off in stoppage time for a foul on Danny Rose. Afterwards Emery told BT Sport: “We are fine in our way, today being competitive and adapting our performance. It demanded a lot of transition for us and it is good, not the result because we can win, but we can be stronger in our mentality after this match going forward. “One month ago I said to everybody VAR is coming forward – it is difficult for referees. You can analyse with TV and it is easy but referees can’t use that now. Maybe today’s match is different with that but I understand it is difficult. The referee is a big personality – it is not easy to balance the two teams but I like this referee. “We need to be together to be strong like a team. We need a keeper like Leno today and Ramsey’s last derby, maybe he can play more in the future, but for now I am happy for him. “We are thinking each match for three points, to continue in our way, our target is clear. We can be proud of everybody in our work. We showed everybody we are creating and doing it our way.” The post Unai Emery’s verdict on controversial derby decisions appeared first on teamtalk.com.

Unai Emery was happy with Arsenal’s performance in the controversial 1-1 draw with Tottenham at Wembley.

 

Davinson Sanchez got caught on the halfway line and Alexandre Lacazette played a pass through to the onrushing Aaron Ramsey, who rounded goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and slotted into the empty net.

Tottenham thought they had levelled seven minutes later but Harry Kane had a header ruled out for offside, but Kane controversially scored from the spot in 74 minutes after Shkodran Mustafi barged the striker over in the area.

Sanchez made another mistake one minute from time, bringing down Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the area.

But Hugo Lloris guessed the right way and kept out the striker’s penalty to keep Spurs level.

Both penalty decisions were soft, with Kane appearing offside, while Unai Emery’s side finished with 10 men after Lucas Torreira was sent off in stoppage time for a foul on Danny Rose.

Afterwards Emery told BT Sport: “We are fine in our way, today being competitive and adapting our performance. It demanded a lot of transition for us and it is good, not the result because we can win, but we can be stronger in our mentality after this match going forward.

“One month ago I said to everybody VAR is coming forward – it is difficult for referees. You can analyse with TV and it is easy but referees can’t use that now. Maybe today’s match is different with that but I understand it is difficult. The referee is a big personality – it is not easy to balance the two teams but I like this referee.

“We need to be together to be strong like a team. We need a keeper like Leno today and Ramsey’s last derby, maybe he can play more in the future, but for now I am happy for him.

“We are thinking each match for three points, to continue in our way, our target is clear. We can be proud of everybody in our work. We showed everybody we are creating and doing it our way.”

 

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