LONDON • Arsenal must be optimistic and recover their confidence ahead of today's trip to Leicester after losing three of their last four Premier League games, manager Unai Emery said on Friday.
They suffered a surprise 3-2 home loss to Crystal Palace last weekend before a 3-1 defeat at Wolves on Wednesday to leave the Gunners fifth in the table, a point behind Chelsea (67 points) in the final Champions League qualification spot with three games left.
Emery conceded he has had to lift his squad before heading to the King Power Stadium today.
"The first target is to recover our confidence," he said at his pre-match press conference.
"We can build on this confidence each minute, each hour, each day, each week - and above all we're training and we're looking for a big performance for the three points."
Arsenal, who play Valencia in the Europa League semi-finals on Thursday, have been impressive at home this season. But their away form has been poor, with only six wins in 17.
"If we think negatively with the last two matches, we can't think positively about the (away) games we won against Napoli and Watford," added Emery of the matches before their two defeats. "Each match is a new history, a new test."
After Leicester, Arsenal host Brighton before finishing the season with a trip to Burnley on May 12 as they seek to qualify for the Champions League after a two-year absence.
Arsenal top scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, with 19 goals, could be back today after missing the Wolves game with a sinus issue.
Emery also praised Foxes manager Brendan Rodgers, who has overseen a turnaround since his appointment in late February - 13 points from four wins, one draw and two losses.
Before his arrival, in the same number of games, they managed only one win, one draw and five defeats.
"This coach has given them a new idea, a new energy and a new style," said Emery. "He hasn't changed the players a lot but used a different system. He's doing important things in the set pieces. They feel good now with confidence."
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS
LEICESTER V ARSENAL
Singtel TV Ch102 & StarHub Ch227, 7pm
SINGAPORE - Ikhsan Fandi's rich vein of scoring form continues as the Singapore striker found the net in his third consecutive match for second-tier Norwegian club Raufoss IL in just 11 days..
Football: Ikhsan Fandi scores in third successive match for
worldsportstale.com/soccer/football-ikhsan-fandi-scores-in-third-successive-match-for-raufoss/
05/22/2019 Comments Off on Football: Ikhsan Fandi scores in third successive match for Raufoss SINGAPORE - Ikhsan Fandi's rich vein of scoring form continues as the Singapore striker found the net in his third consecutive match for second-tier Norwegian club Raufoss IL in just 11 days.
Football: Ikhsan Fandi scores in third successive match for
Injuries open way for Sanchez and Lukaku to shine for United Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku must both take their opportunity to "They've been part of our training for a long time now
Injuries open way for Sanchez and Lukaku to shine for United
Solid and smart Bayern hold Liverpool at Anfield. 2:20 am. Soccer Football - Champions League - Round of 16 First Leg - Liverpool v Bayern Munich - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - February 19
Solid and smart Bayern hold Liverpool at Anfield - bdnews24.com
Soccer Football - Champions League - Liverpool Press Conference - Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany - March 12, 2019 Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp during the press conference Action Images via Reut
Premier League news: Barcelona defeat won't affect Liverpool
Football news - Wolves deepen Cardiff's relegation plight with 2-0 win. By Reuters. 02/03/2019 at 17:34 Updated 02/03/2019 at 19:01.
Wolves deepen Cardiff's relegation plight with 2-0 win - The
Gareth Bale is "100 per cent" committed to Real Madrid, according to his agent. Jonathan Barnett was responding to reports that Real manager Zinedine Zidane had raised doubts over the Welshman's
Bale '100 percent' committed to Real claims agent
The Tunisian side were leading 1-0 in the second leg of the final and 2-1 overall when play was halted, and after a 90-minute delay the referee awarded the match to the home side.
Tunisian club win African title after final abandoned over VAR
Search the history of over 356 billion web pages on the Internet.
The Straits Times Audio Features - omnycontent.com
Neil Warnock says Emiliano Sala tragedy most difficult week of his career The light aircraft carrying Emiliano Sala disappeared over the English Channel a week ago as the 28-year-old flew to
Football: Warnock says Sala tragedy is most difficult week of
SINGAPORE - Tottenham Hotspur's comeback win over Ajax in the Champions League on Wednesday (May 8) was incredible, but it was no Miracle of Anfield from the day before. That was the consensus of
Champions League final 2019, Tottenham vs Liverpool: What
(Reuters) - Manchester City will play a pre-season match in Japan for the first time when they take on J League side Yokohama F. Marinos on July 27, the Premier League champions said on Wednesday.
Football: Manchester City to play pre-season match in Japan
Mar 03, 2019 · David Beckham called his former team LA Galaxy his "family" and thanked Los Angeles for embracing him at the unveiling of his statue before the Major League Soccer club's season-opener on Saturday.
La galaxy david beckham on eBay | Seriously, We have EVERYTHING
AD
0 comments:
Post a Comment