LONDON: French striker Alexandre Lacazette has leaped to the defence of under-fire Arsenal manager Unai Emery saying fans were being fickle in criticising him after not praising him when they were on a good run last season. Emery has also had to deal with the fallout from Granit Xhaka’s emotional outburst towards supporters when he was substituted against Crystal Palace a fortnight ago. The Spaniard eventually stripped the Swiss international of the captaincy. “Last season when we were unbeaten in 20 games in a row nobody said anything about the coach or manager,” said Lacazette. “Now we are nine points behind Chelsea and Leicester and it is going to be hard, but everything is possible in football.”--AFP

Source: New Strait Times November 11, 2019 09:47 UTC